Psychodrama
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

[Flight from reality or resilience factor? The significance of the ability of imagination in the psychotherapy with children and adolescents]

30 Dec 2008 The power of imagination refers to the ability of obtaining mental access to an inner world of vision and potential in which change can be believed to be possible. The ability to create inner pictures is dependent on a capacity for symbolisation ... Read more...

A creative arts intervention for children with diabetes. Part 2: evaluation.

29 Nov 2008 In Part 1 of this article (published in the October 2008 issue), we discussed the importance of using creative arts skits as an expressive technique for children with Type 1, or juvenile, diabetes. This creative arts intervention offers children the ... Read more...

Masters of their conditions II: intercultural theatre, narration and stage work with patients and healers.

30 Aug 2008 What can a healer learn from theatre and performance studies? What can theatre and performance studies bring to healing practices? Both disciplines are distinct in Western societies, at times merged into miscellaneous forms of 'art therapy'. What ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Psychodrama'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Flight from reality or resilience factor? The significance of the ability of imagination in the psychotherapy with children and adolescents] 30 Dec 2008
• [Finding coherence in difficult professional encounters] 30 Dec 2008
• A creative arts intervention for children with diabetes. Part 2: evaluation. 29 Nov 2008
• Group therapy for pathological love. 30 Aug 2008
• Masters of their conditions II: intercultural theatre, narration and stage work with patients and healers. 30 Aug 2008
• Active multimodal psychotherapy in children and adolescents with suicidality: description, evaluation and clinical profile. 29 Jun 2008
• The (dramatic) process of psychotherapy. 29 Jun 2008
• Evaluation and art therapy treatment of the burnout syndrome in oncology units. 29 Jun 2008
• Theater as a behavior change strategy: qualitative findings from a school-based intervention. 29 Apr 2008
• Playing the ideal role. 30 Jan 2008
• [Adherence as a result of a "particular relationship". HIV-infected patients about their physician-patient relationship] 30 Jan 2008
• [Psychotherapy and psychosocial care for refugees] 30 Dec 2007
• [Management specifics of the demented patient in the day hospital] 30 Dec 2007
• Validity of the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems (IIP-64) for predicting assertiveness in role-play situations. 29 Sep 2007
• Playing for real. 27 Feb 2007
• Drama therapy for schizophrenia or schizophrenia-like illnesses. 22 Jan 2007
• Developing empathy in nurses: an inservice training program. 29 Nov 2006
• [Theatrical therapeutic expression workshop] 30 Oct 2006
• [Theatrical experience in the emergency room of a Parisian academic medical center] 30 Oct 2006
• Use of optical aids by visually impaired students: social and cultural factors. 29 Jun 2006

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Technical information about 'Psychodrama'

Definition: Primarily a technique of group psychotherapy which involves a structure, directed, and dramatized acting out of the patient's personal and emotional problems.

Descriptor UI: D011577

Alternative terms: Psychodrama; Psychodramas;

Related Mesh Headings: Acting Out;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: E02.190.888.812; F04.754.864.581.679;

Technical Notes: a group psychother technique