Golden Age of Psychodrama at Saint Elizabeths Hospital (1939–2004)
Keywords:
history, training, law enforcement, Saint Elizabeths Hospital, J.L. Moreno, psychiatryAbstract
The Psychodrama Program at Saint Elizabeths Hospital (SEH) was founded by J. L. Moreno,
MD, and contributed to the profession for 65 years. A strong case can be made that, next
to the Moreno Institute, the SEH psychodrama program was the most influential center for
psychodrama in the United States and the world. This article describes those contributions,
including training 16%of all certified psychodramatists; enhancing and advancing the body
of knowledge base through more than 50 peer-reviewed published articles or book
chapters; pioneering the use of psychodrama in law enforcement and criminal justice; and
its trainees making significant contributions to the theory and practice of psychodrama
including but not limited to founding psychodrama in Australia and New Zealand
References
References with an asterisk indicate articles that were either researched or
written by psychodrama staff or trainees while employed at SEH. In addition to
these citations, at least another 50 articles, chapters in books, or books were
written by psychodrama staff and trainees after they were no longer employed at
SEH.
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