Humor appreciation in remitted patients with bipolar disorder

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 195, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 773-775

  Bozikas, Vasilis P ^a,c   Kosmidis, Mary H ^a   Tonia, Thomy ^a   Garyfallos, George ^a   Focas, Kostas ^a   Karavatos, Athanasios ^b  

^a School of Psychology   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Humor; Remission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMOR; MALE; REMISSION; ART; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CARTOONS AS TOPIC; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; WIT AND HUMOR AS TOPIC;

EID: 38449120840     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e318142ce3f     Document Type: Article

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