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7 sie 2023 · The current review found that comedy/humour interventions are beneficial for mental health recovery and wellbeing and found preliminary evidence for a range of mechanisms through which comedy...
As a weekly intervention, humor therapy sessions have been shown to reduce chronic pain, decrease feelings of loneliness, increase happiness, and increase life satisfaction in a residential, cognitively normal population of men and women ages 65 to 95 (Tse, Lo, Cheng, Chan, Chan, & Chung, 2010).
8 gru 2022 · To initiate wider research to the application of humor in psychotherapy, we propose an approach to humorous interventions based on surprise and confusion which can help clients to search for...
The Humor Academy is a one-of-a kind, three-year, college-level program focused on the science, benefits, and application of humor. Each level of the Humor Academy lasts one year, and those who complete all three years earn the distinction of Certified Humor Professional (CHP).
A randomized controlled trial showed that the training was effective in many outcome variables, such as the negative and positive symptoms of schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, and humor-related constructs such as coping humor or appreciating humor.
1 gru 2019 · To bring humor into practice, we conducted a thorough review of humor literature and integrated known therapeutic techniques which have found empirical support over the past decades.
The study tested effectiveness and feasibility of a humor training for members of a community mental health center suffering from schizophrenia, personality disorders, depression, or anxiety. The training group (n=28) was compared to a treatment-as-usual control group (n=26).
