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Psychodrama in therapeutic communities for drug addiction: A study of four cases investigated using idiographic change process analysis
Many psychotherapeutic models, including psychodrama, have tried to address the problem of drugaddiction and alcoholism within, and outside, therapeutic communities (TCs). The dearth of literature
related to the application of psychodrama in TCs means that significant efforts are needed to show its
effectiveness. This article derives from a TC in northern Italy and presents a study of four cases, which
analyzed the results of a 6 month psychodrama research intervention that adopted the Person Centered
Approach (PCA). The effects were measured through an idiographic change process with a mixed method
design. The qualitative part of the assessment consisted of the Client Change Interview (CCI), the Helpful
Aspects of Therapy (HAT); the longitudinal quantitative part used the Spontaneity Assessment Inventory 12 Revised (SAI-R), the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation 12 Outcome Measure (CORE-OM), the
General Self-Efficacy Scale (GS-ES), and the Pro.Spera. The changes in main personality factors were evaluated through Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). Results suggested on the one hand
that psychodrama therapy may increase patients\u2019 self-awareness and motivation to change their way of
life and improve the PCA. On the other hand the qualitative methodology of HAT and CCI demonstrated,
and monitored, the process of change and empowerment in the patients. Finally, the subject of gender
specificity is explored