A TED talk on the science of social connection is to be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlXJnlmAXt0&feature=c4-overview&list=UUzno-z2lWDjrjU9J3Xd-L3Q   The peer reviewed article  on which the TED talk above is based can be found at http://ccare.stanford.edu/article/social-connection-and-compassion-important-predictors-of-health-and-well-being/   and the references on which the article…

June Hare’s article on this topic is at http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/probing-the-boundaries/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/harestorypaper.pdf

Watch this Ted talk. It’s a lot like psychodrama. http://www.ted.com/talks/clint_smith_the_danger_of_silence?

Articles on using psychodrama and role play to teach clinicians how to break bad news http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/622003

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019188691400083X This is the web address for an open access article on the positive relationship between emotional intelligence and generalized self determination, or what psychodramatists might call “act hunger”. The authors assert that the 2 are linked, and both contribute…