As a result of my service dog, my health care team was able to cut my antidepressant usage by 50% in one year and that is not an inconsequential amount. I now see a mental health care provider also 50% less than what I had been seeing them and that alone was $150 a week in savings. Because of the nature of the program that I run, I do know one of our individuals who, in the time that he has had his service dog, and this is in a six-month period, has saved the department $3,600 in visits to a trauma therapist alone.
On March 4th, 2014. See this statement in context.