Sociodrama and the Vietnam Combat Veteran: A Therapeutic Release for a Wartime Experience
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This article aims to encourage readers to increase their awareness of the Vietnam veterans and the contribution psychodrama
can make in the treatment of veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. Readers will become familiar with the application of psychodrama with these veterans. The discussion centers on the use of sociodrama with combat veterans at an outreach center in Washington, DC.
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