PSYCHODRAMA IN ARMY AND VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITALS: SUMMARY

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  • E. FANTEL Author

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PSYCHODRAMA

Abstract

Psychodrama is an existentialist form of psychotherapy--of interaction between people in the here and now. It was introduced by J. L. Moreno, who is a philosopher as well as a psychiatrist.
He created a unique mental hospital in Beacon, New York, centered around a therapeutic theatre where people with interpersonal difficulties as well as psychotic patients act out their problems. Whenever possible the original partners in a conflict participate. If they are not available, they are replaced by substitute actors. All acting is impromptu.

References

1. FANTEL, E.: Psychodrama in an Evacuation Hospital; in J. L. Moreno Group Psychotherapy, A Symposium, pp. 125-145 (Beacon House, New York, 1946).

2. FANTEL, E.: Psychodrama in an Army General Hospital. Group Psychother., Vol. 4:290-300 (1951).

3. FANTEL, E.: Psychodrama in a Veterans Hospital. Treatment of interpersonal and family difficulties with active participation of relatives of the patients. Sociatry, Vol. 2:47-62 (1948).

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2025-01-14

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Vol. 22 No. 3-4 (1969): Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, and Sociometry

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