PSYCHODRAMA AT VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL DOWNEY, ILLINOIS

Abstract

Since we are all aware of the many organizational and personnel problems which arise whenever a group plan is introduced into any of our large mental hospitals, I think there is some value in briefly describing how the Psychodrama Program functions at our hospital. Our hospital is concerned, not only with the treatment of "mentally ill" patients, but with the training of medical personnel. There are training programs for aides, student nurses, psychiatric residents, psychology trainees and others. This report will show how we are using psychodrama in both of these areas: as a treatment for a patient group and as one of the methods of training the hospital staff