How Cats Can Help With Depression, Stress, Anxiety, and Mental Health

Feeling the ups and downs of life is a normal occurrence, but clinical depression is a medical illness that causes a persistent feeling of intense sadness and loss of interest in daily activities for an extended period of time.

Depression is frequently linked with anxiety disorders, which cause intense and uncontrollable feelings of fear, worry, and/or panic.

A welcome tool helping the mental health of those living in more than 46 million households in the U.S. with a feline might just be the family cat.

We spoke with veterinarians, researchers, and other pet professionals to examine some of the many ways our pet cats have a positive impact on our mental health.

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