Richman Joseph
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
Omega (Westport). 2006;54(1):41-51. doi: 10.2190/d0nx-7v03-w1h0-4614.
This article is part of a series of humor on social attitudes (Richmen, 1977), humor by the elderly (Richman, 1989), assessment (Richman, 1996a), and psychotherapy (Richman, 1996b). The present study is based on the topics of humor related to death anxiety and wishes, and aging that emerged during psychotherapy with elderly patients. The healing qualities of laughter and humor have been observed since Biblical times to the present, however the applications of humor to professional psychotherapy is still in its infancy. The examples in this study spell out how humor in therapy can bring people together, and help them affirm life and laugh at anxiety, depression, and their problems in living.
本文是关于社会态度的一系列幽默文章中的一部分（里奇曼，1977年），关于老年人的幽默（里奇曼，1989年），评估（里奇曼，1996a）以及心理治疗（里奇曼，1996b）。本研究基于在对老年患者进行心理治疗期间出现的与死亡焦虑和愿望以及衰老相关的幽默主题。从圣经时代至今，人们一直观察到笑和幽默的治愈特性，然而幽默在专业心理治疗中的应用仍处于起步阶段。本研究中的例子详细说明了治疗中的幽默如何能让人们走到一起，并帮助他们肯定生活，嘲笑焦虑、抑郁以及生活中的问题。
