ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book presents clinical material from the viewpoint of a psychiatrist, a psychodrama practitioner, or a family therapist, depending upon the stance required at any particular time. It illustrates the kind of psychiatric work that entails utilizing previous experiences of a patient, including material from a psychodrama, to enable the team, patient, and family to resolve an emotional dilemma and to allow the clinical features of the problem to be dispelled. The book examines the concept of the mental health institution as a container for reclaiming the castoff aspects of a society in microcosm in Lucy's psychodrama. When communication is excessively distorted, the public psychiatric service is sometimes required to take action rather than to rely entirely upon dialogue.
