http://mindhacks.com/2008/07/30/the-maudsley-cat/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Mon, 20 May 2013 15:51:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mindhacks.com/2008/07/30/the-maudsley-cat/#comment-6475 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:21:58 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/the-maudsley-cat/#comment-6475 We have a cat at our Pain Management Centre – his name is Jack, he sleeps mainly on the printer in our administration office, and his favourite wandering place is on the seats in the waiting room. He is the first one we’ve had at Pain Management, but is the son of the cat that lives in the Spinal Unit on the same campus. Cat ‘therapy’ is alive and well in modern health care – despite scaremongering that they carry diseases such as toxoplamosis or ‘cat scratch disease’. Jack’s pretty stroppy and can inflict a painful scratch, but he’s much loved and it’s been interesting to see the response from patients who are the most supportive of him remaining on the premises!

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