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AAPB was founded in 1969 as the Biofeedback Research Society. It has grown to 2,200 members representing the fields of psychology, medicine, nursing, social work, counseling, physical therapy, education and other health care areas. Over 40 state chapters are active.

Therapeutic humor is defined to be: any intervention that promotes health and wellness by stimulating a playful discovery, expression, or appreciation of the absurdity or incongruity of life's situations. This intervention may enhance work performance, support learning, improve health, or be used as a complementary treatment of illness to facilitate healing or coping, whether physical, emotional, cognitive, social, or spiritual.

Objectives:

• Educate health care, business, and education professionals about the values and therapeutic uses of humor and laughter
• Develop, promote, conduct, and identify the need for research which further investigates the roles humor and laughter play in well-being
• Encourage, support, and report on innovative programs which incorporate the therapeutic use of humor
• Disseminate information about humor and laughter to its members through regular publications and educational opportunities
• Function as an interdisciplinary network for its members
• Be a clearinghouse of information on humor and laughter as they relate to well-being

The official publication of AATH is the Humor Connection.