NOTE ON INDICATIONS AND CONTRA-INDICATIONS FOR ACTING OUT IN PSYCHODRAMA

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  • J. L. MORENO Author

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https://doi.org/10.12926/579yze79

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PSYCHODRAMA

Abstract

The psychodramatic realization of suicidal or homicidal fantasies may give courage and prepare a patient to carry out the suicide in life itself. Such a patient may be already warmed up to the near-action point when the treatment begins. It is obvious that such a treatment process is contra-indicated unless the greatest precautions are taken to protect the patient against himself. First of all, he has to be in the supervised environment of a hospital community. It is contra-indicated in day hospitals, in doctors' offices and in extra-mural clinics.

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2025-01-07

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Vol. 26 No. 1-2 (1973): Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, and Sociometry

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