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Review
. 2012;61(3):157-66.
doi: 10.13109/prkk.2012.61.3.157.

[Play therapy in hospital]

[Article in German]
Katharina Gold  1 , Dirk Grothues, Michael Leitzmann, Hans Gruber, Michael Melter
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Review

[Play therapy in hospital]

[Article in German]
Katharina Gold et al. Prax Kinderpsychol Kinderpsychiatr. 2012.

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.

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