[Play therapy in hospital]

Prax Kinderpsychol Kinderpsychiatr. 2012;61(3):157-66. doi: 10.13109/prkk.2012.61.3.157.
[Article in German]

Abstract

The following article presents an overview of current research studies on play therapy in the hospital. It highlights individual diagnoses for which play therapy has shown reasonable success. The aim of this review is to describe the current status of the scientific debate on play therapy for sick children in order to allow conclusions regarding the indications for which play therapy is or might be useful.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Psychological
  • Anxiety / psychology
  • Anxiety / therapy
  • Child
  • Child, Hospitalized / psychology*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Patient Education as Topic
  • Play Therapy / methods*
  • Research
  • Self Efficacy
  • Sick Role
  • Stress, Psychological / complications
  • Surgical Procedures, Operative / psychology