Top 10 Ways Having a Pet At Home will Improve Your Health

6. Improve mental health

A pet can not cure mental illness, but science does suggest that it can help, and a lot. A study published in the journal BMC Psychiatry in 2016 concluded that 60% of pet owners who had been diagnosed with severe mental illness claimed that their pet was “the most important” to control their condition. Study participants who had pets, felt more controlled.