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Descriptor English: Play Therapy
Descriptor Spanish: Ludoterapia
Descriptor ludoterapia
Entry term(s) intervención en la salud mental basada en juegos
Scope note: Técnica de tratamiento que utiliza el juego como medio de expresión y comunicación entre el paciente y el terapeuta.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ludoterapia
Descriptor French: Ludothérapie
Entry term(s): Play Therapies
Play based Mental Health Intervention
Play-based Mental Health Intervention
Sandplay
Sandplay Therapies
Sandplay Therapy
Sandplays
Therapies, Play
Therapies, Sandplay
Therapy, Play
Therapy, Sandplay
Tree number(s): E02.190.888.625
F04.754.664
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010989
Scope note: A treatment technique utilizing play as a medium for expression and communication between patient and therapist.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Acting Out (1968)
Play (1966-1968)
Projective Techniques (1966-1967)
Psychotherapy, Group (1966-1968)
Public MeSH Note: 69; was see under ACTING OUT 1968, was see under PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES 1963-67
Online Note: search ACTING OUT 1968 & PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES 1966-67
History Note: 69; was see under ACTING OUT 1968, was see under PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES 1963-67
Entry Version: PLAY THER
DeCS ID: 11417
Unique ID: D010989
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1969/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/12/02
Play Therapy - Preferred
Concept UI M0017035
Scope note A treatment technique utilizing play as a medium for expression and communication between patient and therapist.
Preferred term Play Therapy
Entry term(s) Play Therapies
Therapies, Play
Therapy, Play
Sandplay Therapy - Narrower
Concept UI M0517957
Scope note A therapeutic method involving the use of sandtray or sandbox, and the nonverbal imageries created by sandplay.
Preferred term Sandplay Therapy
Entry term(s) Sandplay
Sandplay Therapies
Sandplays
Therapies, Sandplay
Therapy, Sandplay
Play-based Mental Health Intervention - Narrower
Concept UI M000751848
Preferred term Play-based Mental Health Intervention
Entry term(s) Play based Mental Health Intervention



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