Veterinarians increasingly prescribe psychoactive drugs, but these are not "happy pills." They are tools to reduce anxiety enough for learning to occur.
When we stitch a wound, we heal the flesh. But when we listen to the silent chart—the history of the animal’s emotional life—we heal the ghost in the machine. Veterinarians increasingly prescribe psychoactive drugs
Neurotransmitters like serotonin, dopamine, and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) regulate an animal's emotional baseline. When environmental modification and training fail to rehabilitate a highly reactive or phobic animal, veterinary behaviorists step in with psychotropic medications. Veterinarians increasingly prescribe psychoactive drugs