To combat stress, there are several methods of relaxation, yoga, gentle gymnastics, but there is also laughter. There are "laugh clubs" of which the first one was born in India, in 1995. Since then, the phenomenon has developed and there are 6 laughing clubs in France, one of which is in Paris in the 10th arrondissement. Alternating testimonies of two members, Rémy Bricka and Iris with the interviews of Jocelyne Lemoan and Brigitte Asselineau, psychotherapists and animators of the Club de Rire, Roséa de Romémont, psychotherapist for whom this practice lacks a dimension. To combat stress, there are several methods of relaxation, yoga, gentle gymnastics, but there is also laughter. The first "club du rire" was born in India in 1995. Since then, the phenomenon has developed and there are 6 clubs in France, including the Parisian club.
After 20 years of tennis, Yannick NOAH, who has just released a record, now uses singing and dance as a therapy to exteriorize, feel good and be happy.
In the race for well-being, the clown is now used as a therapeutic means to tame his emotions, fight against depression and unlock certain blockages. For Claude BERTOUMIEUX, teacher of clowntherapy: "The nose of the clown is the mask that delivers us from all the other masks. Alternating a clown therapy session with the testimony of Monique RUELLE, participant, and interviews of two speakers.
Boris Cyrulnik, interviewed by Georges Pernoud, is very happy to live in Toulon and to have, without doubt, the most beautiful point of the region, without chauvinism. The city has changed. It was a very beautiful city before the war and it is now a city that is getting better and better.
Neuropsychiatrist Daniel WIDLOCHER explains the difference between a cockroach attack and "real" depression. He declares: "For there to be truly depression...it is necessary that he adds to this sadness and moral pain ...an immobilization of the subject as in his gestures as in his thought".
Jacqueline RECHOU, factory worker testifies on her depressive state. She describes the sense of nullity that lived in her at the time, the way the depression creeped into her and the pervasive place that her work had taken during this period.
Jacqueline RECHOU, factory worker testifies on her depressive state: she evokes her many nightmares and criticises her general practitioner for not having detected her ill-being. She talks about the management of her illness with a sleep cure and the absorption of antidepressants to which she had become dependent. Intervention of Nicole TRICOIRE, general practitioner who defends the role of the doctor.
Surprising discovery, that we owe to a research team of Tours: depressed people would be less sensitive than others to pleasant smells. Report to the imaging and brain unit of INSERM in Tours, with the interviews of Professor Catherine BELZUNG and Doctor Wissam EL HAGE, psychiatrist.
At the Lariboisière hospital in Paris, Isabel BAIRRAS, who suffers from anosmia (loss of smell), undergoes a rehabilitation session. Interviews with Isabel BAIRRAS and Corinne ELOIT, ENT doctor.
Filmed at home, Claire FANCHINI, suffering from anosmia (loss of smell) and Sébastien FAURIE, her companion testify to the consequences of this pathology on their daily life.
Dr Gilles AYOUN, an ENT doctor who specializes in smell re-educates patients with anosmia, such as Martine PILOT, whom he receives in his office. Graphic animation explaining how the brain receives an odor and interprets it. Interview with Gilles AYOUN explaining the importance of smell.
Ivan LEVAI lost his taste in a restaurant. He explains that he first lost his sense of smell. Professor Pierre BONFILS explains the mechanisms of taste very related to smell. The taste results from an oral part and from the perception of odors by retro-olfaction, in other words by the perception of odors by smell.
In the retirement home of Mérignac is the time of the meal, the opportunity for the elderly to eat with pleasure. This is explained by the cook who works with fresh produce and takes care of the presentation. He explains to the audience what he does, such as sweet and savory.