PAWSitive Connections Lab Resources for IOS Attendees

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Roma, R., Dadgardoust, L., Doi, C., Dell, C., Mousavian, G. 2025. "A Review of Canine-Assisted Interventions for Youth Involved in the Criminal Justice System".  Social Sciences. 14(651). DOI: 10.3390/socsci14110651

 Dell, C. 2025.  Increasing Recognition for Animal-aware Care. Canadian Journal of Addiction. Letter to the Editor. 16, 1.  https://journals.lww.com/cja/pages/currenttoc.aspx  

 Dell, C., Kosteniuk, B., Townsend, C., Butt, P., Chalmers, D. 2024. “The Role of the Human-Canine Bond in Recovery from Substance Use Disorder: A Scoping Review and Narrative Synthesis”. Human-Animal Interaction. https://doi.org/10.1079/hai.2023.0029  

  Dell, C., Pavelich, A., Stempien, J. 2024. Therapy Dogs Contribute to a More ‘Caring’ Emergency Department Environment for Patients with Mental Health and Substance Use Challenges”. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine.  DOI: 10.1007/s43678-024-00786-1 

 Rath, G., Dell, C., Kang, T., & Chalmers, D 2024. In Fine, A., Mueller, M., Ng, Z., Griffin, T., Tedeschi, P. Snapshot of Animal-Assisted Therapy Program. “It just makes you feel good inside”: How the PAWSitive Support Canine Assisted Learning Program Helps Addicted Prisoners Confront Self-Stigma”. In Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy, 6th Edition. Elsevier. pp. 477-479.   

  Chalmers, D., Dell, C., Dixon, J., Rath, G. 2023. “PAWSitive Support: A Canine Assisted Learning Program to Support Prisoners in Healing from Substance Use”. R. Ciernick. Responding to the Oppression of Addiction, 4th Edition. Canadian Scholars. 

 Dell, C., Kosteniuk, B., Bentley, E., 2022. “Benefits and Challenges of Having a Service Dog Among Veterans in Recovery from Substance Use Harms”. Anthrozoös. 1-15.   

Dell, C. & Butt, P. 2023. Recognizing the Role of  Companion Animals in Addiction Recovery. Canadian Journal of Addiction. 14(2). DOI:  10.1097/CXA.0000000000000175  

 Kosteniuk, B., Dell, C., Cruz, M., Chalmers, D. 2023.  "An Experiential Approach to Canine-Assisted Learning in Corrections for Prisoners Who Use Substances".  Journal of Forensic Nursing. DOI: 10.1097/JFN.0000000000000435. 

 Williamson, L.,  Dell, C., Chalmers, D., Cruz, M., De Groot, P. 2021. "Strengthening Zooeyia: Understanding the Human-Animal Bond between Veterans Living with Comorbid Substance Use and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and their Service Dogs.”.Human Animal Interaction Bulletin. 10(2), 20-47.   

 Williamson, L., Dell, C., Osgood, N., Chalmers, D., Lohnes, C., Carleton, N., Asmundson, G. 2021. “Examining Changes in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Substance Use among a Sample of Canadian Veterans Working with Service Dogs: An Exploratory Patient-oriented Longitudinal study”. Journal of Veterans Studies. 9(11). pp. 1-13. 

 Kosteniuk, B. and Dell, C. 2020. “How Companion Animals Support Recovery from Opioid Addiction: An Exploratory Study of Patients in a Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program”. APORIA Journal. 12(1): 91-108.