Ten Articles that Detail Why Having Pets Boosts Mental and Physical Health

1. "The Benefits of Pets for Human Health" by Dana Casciotti and Diana Zuckerman

https://www.center4research.org/benefits-pets-human-health/

2. "Associations Between Pet Ownership and Attitudes Toward Pets With Youth Socioemotional Outcomes" by Kristen C. Jacobson and Laura Chang

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02304/full

3. "The Power of Pets: Health Benefits of Human-Animal Interactions"

https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2018/02/power-pets

4. "Pets Are Good for Your Health, and We Have the Studies to Prove It" by Sidney Stevens

https://www.treehugger.com/studies-that-prove-pets-are-good-your-health-4864141

5. "The Power of Support from Companion Animals for People Living with Mental Health Problems: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis of the Evidence" by Helen Louise Brooks

https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-018-1613-2

6. "Exploring the Differences Between Pet and Non-Pet Owners: Implications for Human-Animal Interaction Research and Policy" by Jessica Saunders

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0179494

7. "Pets Linked to Maintaining Better Mental Health and Reducing Loneliness During Lockdown, New Research Shows"

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200926145210.htm

8. "Dogs: Our Best Friends in Sickness and in Health" https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322868

9. "The Benefit of Pets and Animal-Assisted Therapy to the Health of Older Individuals" by E. Paul Cherniack

https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cggr/2014/623203/

10. "Understanding Dog–Human Companionship" by Michael J. Dotson and Eva M. Hyatt

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0148296307002214