Hi Sue
The registration for support/assistance dogs goes through Assistance Dogs - http://www.assistancedogs.org.uk - but their member organisations only train support dogs for physical impairments, medical alert, or autistic children. PADs UK - http://www.padogsuk.org - are apparently in the process of setting up a charity that would formally train mental health support dogs, but the legalislation isn't in place to support them - so therefore it is legal to not allow mental health support dogs into a place, because there is no recognised training body for Assistance Dogs to accredit. I think it's also worth noting that autism support dogs are only trained for children, and I can't seem to find if adults with autism can get recognised support dogs.
Australia and the US both have legislation that recognises mental health support dogs, provided they are registered. In the US, non-registered support dogs can be allowed in under the "reasonable accomodations" part of their ADA legislation - at least according to the Psychiatric Service Dog Society - http://www.psychdog.org.
One article I was directed to was - Jennifer Berry and Antonis Katsiyannis, 2012, Service Animals for Students With Disabilities Under IDEA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Intervention in School and Clinic, vol. 47.5, pp312-315. But it is focused on schools rather than universities, and primarily concerned with autism service dogs.
Another was: Deborah Wells, 2007, Domestic dogs and human health: An overview,British Journal of Health Psychology, Vol. 12.1, pp145–156.
I've been looking into a support dog for my own disabilities, and was directed towards http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd-Myz_wvx8&feature=youtu.be as an example of someone in the UK with a support dog for her mental health. Marion appears to be using the "reasonable accomodation" bit in the legislation here to get around the lack of official registration, but I think having the support of her GP is key too.
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