Jacob L. Moreno and psychodrama – psychiatry in history

Moreno did not accept the psychotherapeutic approach of the time: as a medical student, he attended a lecture by Sigmund Freud in 1912; when Freud approached him, asking his occupation, he replied, ‘Well, Dr Freud, I start where you leave off. […] [...]he was appointed an adjunct professor in the Department of Sociology at New York University (1951–1966) and special lecturer at various universities in North America, continuing his studies until his death in 1974. [...]he believed that the complexity of the human psyche could not be represented by static images, but it required the action of the theatre, which allowed the individual to become aware of their condition and to critically observe it through fiction.