Editing Dolphin (section)

====Therapy====
Dolphins are an increasingly popular choice of [[animal-assisted therapy]] for psychological problems and developmental disabilities. For example, a 2005 study found dolphins an effective treatment for mild to moderate depression.<ref>{{cite journal
|title=Randomised controlled trial of animal facilitated therapy with dolphins in the treatment of depression
|year=2005
|jstor=25455488|pmc=1289317|pmid=16308382
|last1=Antonioli
|first1=C
|last2=Reveley
|first2=MA
|volume=331
|issue=7527
|pages=1231–1234
|doi=10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1231
|journal=BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.)}}</ref> This study was criticized on several grounds, including a lack of knowledge on whether dolphins are more effective than common pets.<ref>{{Cite journal
|journal= BMJ
|volume=331
|issue= 7529
|page=1407
|year=2005
|author1=Biju Basil |author2=Maju Mathews |title= Methodological concerns about animal-facilitated therapy with dolphins
|doi= 10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1407
|pmid= 16339258
|pmc= 1309662}}</ref> [[Review]]s of this and other published dolphin-assisted therapy (DAT) studies have found important methodological flaws and have concluded that there is no compelling scientific evidence that DAT is a legitimate therapy or that it affords more than fleeting mood improvement.<ref>{{Cite journal
 |journal=Anthrozoös 
 |volume=20 
 |issue=3 
 |pages=239–49 
 |year=2007 
 |doi=10.2752/089279307X224782 
 |author1=Lori Marino 
 |author2=Scott O. Lilienfeld 
 |title=Dolphin-Assisted Therapy: more flawed data and more flawed conclusions 
 |url=http://www.marineconnection.org/docs/DAT%20Paper%202007.pdf 
 |access-date=February 20, 2008 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228025018/https://www.marineconnection.org/docs/DAT%20Paper%202007.pdf 
 |archive-date=February 28, 2008 
|citeseerx=10.1.1.554.7777 
 |s2cid=6119940 
 }}</ref>