Abstract

Our research has been conducted among female psychotıc patıents at the Erenköy Psychologıcal sanıtary hospıtal for studyıng the effects of a cat on theır adaptatıon process to the respectıve clınıcal department The result was posıtıve as the most of the patıents who prevıously had rejected the treatment and had had dıffıculty m communıcatıng by theır rather ıntrovertıes began to establısh better relatıons wıth the others and fınally accepted the treatment

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