In:
The Journal of Psychodrama, Sociometry, and Group Psychotherapy, American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama (ASGPP), Vol. 65, No. 1 ( 2017-03-01), p. 137-143
Abstract:
The continued opiate epidemic has severely impacted young people as drug overdoses have reached unprecedented levels. Young people, more than ever, have been seeking addiction treatment with mostly unfavorable outcomes. Adjusting our treatment approaches to the specific needs of young adults is necessary. Many treatment programs for young adults can be improved by incorporating engaging, experiential treatment groups into their models, including sociodrama and sociometry. This article emphasizes the effectiveness of sociometry in meeting the developmental needs of young adults in addition to recounting the Sociodrama of Life or Death, which manifested spontaneously in an inpatient group at Mirmont Treatment Center and has been enacted with many different groups since. The walk toward life in sobriety or toward death by addiction is a walk that many are facing each day. Using future projection and surplus reality, the sociodrama brings these two paths, side by side, into the room for the group to experience.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0731-1273
DOI:
10.12926/0731-1273-65.1.137
Language:
English
Publisher:
American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama (ASGPP)
Publication Date:
2017
SSG:
5,2
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