Implementation of a manual-based training of humor abilities in patients with depression: A pilot study

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 186, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 454-457

  Falkenberg, Irina ^a,b   Buchkremer, Gerhard ^b   Bartels, Mathias ^b   Wild, Barbara ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coping; Laughter; Positive emotions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMOR; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MOOD; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WIT AND HUMOR AS TOPIC;

EID: 79952360598     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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