The Foundations of Sociodrama: Reflecting on Our Past and Looking at the Future

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sociodrama, sociometry, sociatry, psychodrama, social conflict, biology, physiology

Sociatry treats the diseases of interrelated individuals (psychodrama) and of interrelated

groups (sociodrama). Moreno’s life and environment prepared him for both a search in

individual and social life (Moreno, 1953). Psychodrama and sociodrama became

complementary tools to induce broader changes, individual, and social. The challenges of

sociodrama today are the same that remain true of most social conflicts (Marineau, 1989)

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