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PubMed1990

[Focusing monodrama. Individual psychodrama treatment: the treatment concept, treatment method of the therapist using psychodrama and focusing technics--a case report].

Moreno's psychodrama is useful in group as well as in individual therapy. Individual psychodrama is known as monodrama. The following paper presents the idea of "focusing monodrama". The concepts of treatment procedure, course of therapeutic session, and the therapist's mode of working will be specifically examined. A one case study exemplifies the treatment procedure in focusing monodrama.

Adult↗
PubMed2002

From classical to eclectic psychodrama: conceptual similarities between psychodrama and psychodynamic and interpersonal group treatments.

A study was conducted to explore the hypothesis that contemporary U.S. psychodramatists evince a shift from strict adherence to the conceptual frame of reference espoused by classical psychodrama toward a degree of sharing concepts with those valued by psychodynamic and interpersonal group therapists. Sixty-two senior psychodramatists ranked a form comprised of 44 concepts. Their rankings were compared to the results of a study by Dies (1992). In general, the results supported the hypothesis.

Adult↗
PubMed1990

Didactic psychodrama and sociodrama.

The terms psychodrama, sociodrama, and didactic psychodrama are defined. These three action techniques are compared with respect to their differing goals and methodologies. The application of the use of didactic psychodrama and sociodrama with student nurses undergoing Psychiatric Nurse Training is outlined, together with verbal reports elicited from the students following, a) a 20-week study day programme where didactic psychodrama was used on an regular basis, and b) a sociodrama workshop. It is concluded that sociodrama and didactic psychodrama are powerful action learning methods that can be successfully employed with junior student psychiatric nurses. It is also acknowledged that the underlying rationale, and procedural details of these two methods differ from, those associated with more conventional social skills based training approaches, and these differences have implications for trainers.

Humans↗
PubMed1992

A trial of the use of psychodrama for women with alcohol problems.

Psychodrama is a method of group psychotherapy in which the subject can be helped to explore the psychological dimensions of his or her problems through the enactment of conflict situations. This study aimed to investigate the perceived effectiveness of psychodrama in the treatment of women with alcohol problems. A group of six women undertaking psychodrama in a centre in Northern Ireland were surveyed by questionnaire and participant observation. It was found that psychodrama was perceived as being useful by the four subjects who had a better education and were demonstrably more verbally expressive and extroverted. Alcohol problems need to be understood and treated in the social context in which they develop and thrive; psychodrama enpowers problem drinkers to explore their unique social context.

Adult↗
PubMed1992

Psychodrama: group psychotherapy through role playing.

The theory and the therapeutic procedure of classical psychodrama are described along with brief illustrations. Classical psychodrama and sociodrama stemmed from role theory, enactments, "tele," the reciprocity of choices, and the theory of spontaneity-robopathy and creativity. The discussion focuses on key concepts such as the therapeutic team, the structure of the session, transference and reality, countertransference, the here-and-now and the encounter, the group-as-a-whole, resistance and difficult clients, and affect and cognition. Also described are the neoclassical approaches of psychodrama, action methods, and clinical role playing, and the significance of the concept of behavioral simulation in group psychotherapy.

Adult↗
PubMed1999

Psychodrama groups for girls coping with trauma.

This study evaluated the effectiveness of psychodrama groups with traumatized middle-school girls. Comparisons of treatment and control group members' pre- and postintervention adjustment revealed significant decreases in group participants' self-reported difficulties in withdrawn behavior and anxiety/depression. Interviews with the participants reinforced the value of psychodrama group participation in the resolution of trauma and in increasing a sense of competence and self-efficacy. A brief outline of the group structure and a description of the process offer examples that illustrate the practice methodology and provide guidance for conducting psychodrama groups with vulnerable populations. Concerns with safety and containment are addressed.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1982

Psychodrama: A humanistic approach to psychiatric treatment for the elderly.

Elderly psychiatric patients confined to institutions frequently become increasingly isolated and debilitated. The verbal therapies and medications traditionally used to help remotivate patients have not been found to be as effective in dealing with these patients. Psychodrama and the tenets of sociometry, however, have been found effective. The author describes a psychodrama program at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C., that has helped remotivate elderly patients and reintegrate them into a more active life in the hospital. The author provides a brief review of the literature and an introduction to the methodology and techniques of psychodrama, and presents two case studies of how the program has helped aged patients.

Aged↗
PubMed1993

[Observation of the effects of warming-up and role-playing in psychodrama in terms of mood rating].

The purpose is to make an appropriate list of terms that describe person's moment-to-moment changes in moods during psychodrama sessions. Seventy nurse students participated in a series of psychodrama sessions, consisting of a session of warming-up and two sessions of role playing. They rated their moods at the beginning of the sessions and after each session, on a five-point scale for each of the 55 terms, which were supposed to cover all kinds of moods during psychodrama sessions. After analyzing variations (using factor analyses) of subjects' ratings, three factors were found to be sufficient for describing their moods, and the terms in the list were eventually reduced to sixteen. Changes of moods analyzed through the ratings of sixteen scales were related significantly with subjects' performances of warming-up and role playing.

Adult↗
PubMed1975

[Moreno's psychodrama].

Moreno's psychodrama is a technique of training and of group therapy which obeys the laws of sociometry. At the beginning of his career, Moreno as Freud, found himself in a transcultural position which allowed him to better observe the "classical occidental individual" captive of his stereotypal "Tinned culture". The psychodrama aims to the liberation of the human being alienated in his individuality thus giving him back a creative and relational spontaneity owing to the cathartic value of the collective game and drama (taken is its etymological sense). The new American society, issued from the old Europe, allowed him to practise his theoretical conceptions of sociometry. If the Psychodrama is a method of remarkable efficiency in the training of dynamic psychology of groups, its therapeutics indications must be given with the greatest caution, in order to be at any time under medical control, specifically psychiatric control.

Group Processes↗
PubMed1984

Boundaries or chaos: an outpatient psychodrama group for adolescents.

This paper, through the description of one afternoon's psychodrama session with adolescents in an outpatient setting, explores some of the issues of "containment" and "boundaries" raised by the running of such a group. It will be suggested that the methods of psychodrama offer techniques to contain certain anxieties within the therapeutic setting, but that also, as in any adolescent group, awareness must be maintained of a whole hierarchy of boundaries. If these are ignored, chaos may follow, resulting in the collapse of the group, and thus the failure of its therapeutic function.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1995

How to work with dreams in psychodrama: developmental therapy from an existential-dialectical viewpoint.

As Moreno has shown, the method of psychodrama can be effectively used to work on dreams. The first part of this article describes the theoretical framework. Special reference is made to a personality model based on self-reflection in relation to dialectic processes, existential questions, self-evaluations, and personality development. The theoretical introduction is followed by a description of the basic elements, techniques, and stages associated with classic psychodrama and psychodramatic dream work. After situating this approach in the wider context of dream analysis in the field of group therapy, the different stages of the working model are illustrated by means of a "dream session" conducted with an adolescent therapy group. Finally the session is analyzed from the perspective of a number of basic Morenian tenets and from the point of view of developmental therapy.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1975

A multifaceted approach to psychodrama in a day treatment center.

Staff at the day treatment center at Norristown (Pa.) State Hospital have found several ways of using psychodrama to facilitate information gathering, diagnostic decision-making, and treatment planning and implementation. They use behavioral techniques such as role rehearsal and modeling. In addition they use techniques such as the mirror image, in vivo dramas, and slight deception to facilitate catharsis. These approaches, which broaden the applicability of psychodrama, are illustrated by case examples.

Day Care, Medical↗
PubMed1984

Psychodrama: a therapeutic modality for the elderly in nursing homes.

The elderly in nursing homes are subject to increased incidents of psychiatric disorders and are particularly vulnerable to depression. However, mental health services are rarely provided for these individuals. The authors conducted a psychodrama group with elderly psychiatric patients in a nursing home and found it to be an effective treatment modality. It proved especially useful in the alleviation of depression by allowing members to "relive" and grieve for unresolved losses and express repressed feelings of anger, abandonment, and fear. The psychodrama techniques also encouraged spontaneity and creativity and facilitated the life review process. The latter encouraged members to resolve old problems and to examine and restructure their identities. Case illustrations are presented and additional benefits of the group are discussed.

Aged↗
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[Didactic psychodrama: strategy for the humanization of work relations].

The aim of this study is to analyze the use of pedagogical psychodrama as a strategy for reflecting on the humanization of health care. Five meetings were held from May to June 2000. In these meetings the following themes were developed: context of work in emergencies; updating of the personal and professional, individual and group reference, and acknowledgement of users. In view of the need of rethinking humanization in emergency care, we consider that the psychodrama approach alerted health professionals for the necessary commitment and responsibility in their work.

Education, Nursing↗
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A psychodrama group for health workers.

Although much has been written about psychodrama as a therapeutic and educational method with patients, there is little evidence of its effectiveness as an activity for professional clinicians. The authors describe how the basic elements, phases and techniques of psychodrama have been used with groups of health workers to improve their clinical performance and personal life. The therapy has important applications in helping staff come to terms with the emotional stresses of their work with patients.

Day Care, Medical↗
PubMed1981

Using psychodrama for information gathering.

Based on the results presented here, psychodrama has a definite place in the treatment of acute and chronic psychiatric clients. It works especially well with these clients on an information-gathering level to elicit information about a client's past unresolved conflicts and feeling relating to them. This data is not often available in the social and psychological history. An additional benefit of this exercise is the accelerated acceptance of the new client into the open-ended, ongoing group. It has also proved to make future group sessions more meaningful to the new member. The implementation of psychodrama at the information gathering level has benefited the therapists clinically and, at the same time, enhanced the client's total participation in group.

Community Mental Health Services↗