Effects of a humor-centered activity on disruptive behavior in patients in a general hospital psychiatric ward

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-64

  Higueras, Antonio ^a   Carretero Dios, Hugo ^b   Muñoz, José P ^a   Idini, Esther ^a   Ortiz, Ana ^a   Rincón, Francisco ^a   Prieto Merino, David ^a   Rodríguez del Águila, María M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Disruptive behaviors; Humor; Psychiatric ward; Quasi experimental study

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644524706     PISSN: 16972600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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