CONTENTS
(1) Legal and ethical issues
(2) For professionals - Professional journal articles
(3) For professionals - Other articles
(4) Animal assisted therapy
(5) Airline information
(1) Legal and ethical issues
ADA National Network - Service Animals and Emotional Support Animals
Association of College Unions - Emotional Support Animals, Service Animals, and Pets on Campus
Disability Rights Oregon - Service and Assistance Animals in Oregon (2013).
Fair Housing Council of Oregon:
Reasonable Accommodation Verification (PDF) [Detailed information for medical and other care providers is available here]
Northwest ADA Center - Rules Comparison - Service and Assistance Animals – Federal Laws and State Laws for WA, OR, ID and AK
Tran-Lien, A. (2013). Reasonable accommodations and emotional support animals - CAMFT (California Association of Marriage & Family Therapy)
University of Michigan College of Law - Animal Legal and Historical Center [www.animallaw.info]
Brewer, K. A. (2005). Brief Summary of Emotional Support Animals
Brewer, K. A. (2005). Emotional Support Animals Excepted From "No Pets" Lease Provisions Under Federal Law
Wisch, R. F. (2015). FAQs on emotional support animals
US Department of Justice
LA Times - Think you can claim your pet is an 'emotional support animal'?
(2) For professionals - Professional journal articles
Boness, Cassandra L.; Younggren, Jeffrey N.; & Frumkin, I. Bruce. (2017). The certification of emotional support animals: Differences between clinical and forensic mental health practitioners. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, Vol 48(3), Jun 2017, 216-223
Ensminger, J. J., & Thomas, L. (2013). Writing Letters to Help Patients with Service and Support Animals. Journal Of Forensic Psychology Practice, 13, 2.
Younggren, Jeffrey N.; Boisvert, Jennifer A.; Boness, Cassandra L. (2016). Examining emotional support animals and role conflicts in professional psychology. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, Vol 47(4), 255-260.
(3) For professionals - Other articles
APAIT: Risk Management: Animals and Therapy
APA Monitor (2016): Is that a pet or therapeutic aid? What should you do if your patients ask you to write letters certifying that their pets are emotional support animals?, by Rebecca A. Clay; 2016, 47, 8.
The California Psychologist (2016): Unexpected Requests: Ethical ConsiderationsRelated to Support Animals, by Alann Dingle.
Dog Law Reporter: What Every Psychologist Should Know About Writing Letters for Patients with Service Animals
Psychology Today (2016). Emotional support animals: The therapist's dilemma, by Hal Herzog.
Psychology Today (2014). Service Animal Scams: A Growing Problem A cottage industry has developed around fake emotional support animals, by Hal Herzog.
University of Missouri - EurekAlert: Research highlights the legal issues of certifying emotional support animals - Researchers caution mental health professionals who certify such animals.
(4) Animal assisted therapy
ABC: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/animal-therapy-animal/story?id=24649527
The American Counseling Association - Animal-Assisted Therapy in Counseling Competencies (2016)
American Humane Association - Animal Assisted Therapy
Counseling Today - Confirming the benefits of emotional support animals By Cynthia K. Chandler, 2015
Lilienfeld, Scott. "Is animal assisted therapy really the cat's meow?". Scientific American. 2012.
Wall Street Journal - 2013: Rise in Pets as Therapy for Mental Conditions - Animals Help People With Autism, PTSD, Other Conditions Function Day-to-Day
(5) Airline information
United - Emotional Support Animals
American Airlines - Emotional Support Animals