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Therapeutic Use of Humor in Psychiatric Care

Summary/Abstract: Humor is defined as a situation in which emotions are strongly affected, it can be funny, cheerful, entertaining and even satirical. In other words, the skill of humor is a kind of art of life and the source of inspiration with which an individual can deal with problems brought by daily life. This feature of humor intersects with psychiatric care that will be offered to the individual with a mental problem, we mean, therapeutic humor. Aim of this article is to provide positive behavioral and emotional changes in the individual by relying on therapeutic humor in nursing interventions. In this article, the definition of therapeutic use of humor and its application to psychiatric care are discussed.

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