Humour therapy in patients with late-life depression or Alzheimer's disease: A pilot study

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-83

  Walter, Marc ^a   Hänni, Beat ^a   Haug, Myriam ^a   Amrhein, Isabelle ^a   Krebs Roubicek, Eva ^a   Müller Spahn, Franz ^a   Savaskan, Egemen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Humour; Late life depression; Psychotherapy; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ESCITALOPRAM; GALANTAMINE; MIRTAZAPINE; QUETIAPINE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HUMOR THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAUGHTER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WIT AND HUMOR;

EID: 33846303162     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1658     Document Type: Article

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