SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Psychodrama Group Therapy for Social Issues: A Systematic Review of Controlled Clinical Trials.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
- Investigating the role of drama-based strategies in addressing psychological trauma: a systematic review.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Pooled it
- Psychodrama: implementation, study design and effectiveness: a systematic review.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025Pooled it
- Surveying 80 Years of Psychodrama Research: A Scientometric Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- An Action-Based Psychosocial Group Intervention in Psychiatric Inpatient Care: A Pragmatic Add-On Study to Talk-Based Psychotherapy.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Addressing the complexity of recovery beyond reductionist, diagnosis‑driven care: a realist evaluation of a family-centered, narrative-based child and adolescent psychiatry practice.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Assessing the impact of a community-based psychodrama intervention on mental health promotion of adolescents and young adults in Mozambique: A mixed-methods study.Journal of global health · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of psychodrama on mental health outcomes based on Chinese samples: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2024Review
- Characteristics of RCTs focusing on health promotion in community samples: a scoping review protocol based on the d-CoSPICO framework.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Academic Procrastination in Children and Adolescents: A Scoping Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Psychometric Properties of the Spontaneity Assessment Inventory-Revised (SAI-R): The 3-Factor Hypothesis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to carry out a systematic review of controlled clinical trials in order to identify both specific populations and social issues which may benefit from the effective use of psychodrama psychotherapy. A search was conducted in the WoS, SCOPUS, PsychINFO, Medline, Academic Search Ultimate, ProQuest, and PubPsych databases, complemented by a manual search on relevant websites and in the reference lists of the selected studies. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and quasi-RCTs of group-based psychodrama psychotherapy were included. The Effective Public Health Practice Project (EPHPP) tool was adopted to assess the methodological quality of the included studies. The search identified 14 RCTs and one quasi-RCT evaluating the effects of group-based psychodrama psychotherapy. The total number of participants in the studies was 642 people. Seven studies were conducted in Turkey, two in the USA, two in Finland, one in Canada, one in Brazil, one in Italy, and one in Iran. The heterogeneity of the issues analyzed indicates that psychodrama improves the symptoms associated with a wide range of problems. Despite psychodrama's long history, most clinical trials in this field have been published this century, which suggests not only that this psychotherapeutic practice remains relevant today but also that it continues to attract substantial interest among the scientific community. Nevertheless, further research efforts are required to understand its potential benefits for psychosocial well-being.
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