Lyketsos G
Psychother Psychosom. 1980;34(4):241-7. doi: 10.1159/000287464.
Some ancient and modern views of the beneficial effects of ancient Greek drama on the psychic processes of human beings are reported. We have used classical drama at the Dromokaition Mental Hospital as a means of psychotherapy for chronic patients since 1959. Beneficial effects noted both during the process of teaching and in performance are here described in brief. Aristotle's view that 'manics' can successfully empathize with tragic heroes and benefit from the sentiments of relief and pleasure which they derive from the events in the tragedy are explored, and the patients' own words are quoted in support of this theory. We claim that ancient drama is not merely a recreational activity for mental patients: on the contrary a unique psychotherapeutic effect is produced by the power of plot and language.
本文报道了一些关于古希腊戏剧对人类心理过程有益影响的古今观点。自1959年以来，我们在德罗莫卡伊顿精神病院将古典戏剧用作慢性患者的心理治疗手段。这里简要描述了在教学过程和演出中所观察到的有益效果。探讨了亚里士多德的观点，即“躁狂者”能够成功地与悲剧英雄产生共情，并从他们从悲剧事件中获得的解脱感和愉悦感中受益，文中引用了患者自己的话来支持这一理论。我们认为古代戏剧对精神病患者而言不仅仅是一种娱乐活动：相反，情节和语言的力量会产生独特的心理治疗效果。
