laughter therapy

Preferred Label : laughter therapy;

MeSH definition : Therapeutic use of humor and laughter to improve emotional well being and health.;

MeSH synonym : therapy, laughter;

Related MeSH term : Laughter Yoga; Yoga, Laughter; Clown Therapies; Therapies, Clown; Therapy, Clown;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughter therapy;

Details

Origin ID

D027641;

UMLS CUI

C0949806;

Allowable qualifiers
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- contraindications [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Laughter Therapy [DeCS]
MeSH Descriptor(s) used for indexing
- laughter [MeSH Descriptor]
- wit and humor as topic [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- Clown Therapy [MeSH concept]
- Laughter Yoga [MeSH concept]
- laughter therapy [MeSH concept]
See also
- laughter [MeSH Descriptor]
- wit and humor as topic [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]

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