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Friday, March 12, 2010

[The art of clown theater in care for hospitalized children]

27 Feb 2009 Hospitalization can be a very traumatic experience for children and their family members. The purpose of this study was to explore the experience of using clown theater art in the care for hospitalized children, starting with an activity developed ... Read more...

Viewing a humorous film decreases IgE production by seminal B cells from patients with atopic eczema.

20 Nov 2008 OBJECTIVE: Sperms induced IgE production by seminal B cells from patients with atopic eczema via interaction of B cells with galectin-3 on sperms. We studied the effect of viewing a humorous film on IgE production by seminal B cells cultured with ... Read more...

[Evaluation of the effect of hospital clown's performance about anxiety in children subjected to surgical intervention]

29 Sep 2008 OBJECTIVE: To be hospitalized is a highly distressing event for children. At present, a resort used in Spain and other countries to reduce children's anxiety in the health context are hospital's clown. We studied the effect of the hospital's clowns ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Laughter Therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [When you laugh, your body is glad] 30 Aug 2009
• [The art of clown theater in care for hospitalized children] 27 Feb 2009
• [Therapeutical value of laughter in medicine] 20 Nov 2008
• Viewing a humorous film decreases IgE production by seminal B cells from patients with atopic eczema. 20 Nov 2008
• Humor and the older adult. 30 Oct 2008
• [Evaluation of the effect of hospital clown's performance about anxiety in children subjected to surgical intervention] 29 Sep 2008
• The purpose and function of humour in health, health care and nursing: a narrative review. 28 Feb 2008
• Impact of laughter on air trapping in severe chronic obstructive lung disease. 30 Dec 2007
• Humor as natural medicine. 30 Dec 2007
• Infinite possibility: clowning with elderly people. 30 Dec 2007
• From disaster to laughter. 30 Dec 2007
• Laughter education and the psycho-physical effects: introduction of smile-sun method. 29 Nov 2007
• A personal reflection: humor--I'd rather laugh than cry. 30 Oct 2007
• Dying art. 30 Oct 2007
• [Clinic clown--only one small red nose in the hospital?] 29 Sep 2007
• Cobo and her friends: the caring clowns. 30 Aug 2007
• [The therapeutic clown in the pediatric milieu] 29 Jun 2007
• [Medicinal laughter] 25 Jun 2007
• Rectus sheath haematoma: a rare presentation of non-contact strenuous exercises. 9 May 2007
• Dialysis laughing. 29 Apr 2007

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Technical information about 'Laughter Therapy'

Definition: Therapeutic use of humor and laughter to improve emotional well being in order to facilitate improvement in health.

Descriptor UI: D027641

Alternative terms: Laughter Therapy; Therapy, Laughter;

Related Mesh Headings: Laughter; Wit and Humor as Topic;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E02.190.525.311;

History Note: 2002