title: The therapeutic use of dolls.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Using dolls as therapy in a psychogeriatric unit.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To acquaint nurses with this therapeutic modality.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Dolls Project.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Dolls can be used therapeutically to awaken pleasurable affective responses in the older psychiatric client.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ehrenfeld
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bergman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000628:therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005852:Geriatric Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010988:Play and Playthings; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*