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Volume 37, Issue 2-3
  • ISSN: 0263-0672
  • E-ISSN: 2157-1430

Abstract

Current research using action methods and creative dramatics with people with intellectual and psychiatric disabilities is reviewed, with a focus on the uses and distinction between psychodrama and dramatherapy. The Interactive-Behavioral Therapy/Active Cognitive Treatment (IBT-ACT) model is introduced and suggestions for future research are explored.

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