Validation of laughter for diagnosis and evaluation of depression

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 160, Issue , 2014, Pages 43-49

  Navarro, J ^a   Del Moral, R ^a   Alonso, M F ^a   Loste, P ^a   Garcia Campayo, J ^a,b   Lahoz Beltra, R ^c   Marijuan P C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ARAGONÉS DE CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Depression; Laughter; Neuropsychiatry; Plosives; Sound structures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SCREENING TEST; SOUND ANALYSIS; SPEECH; VOCALIZATION; YOUNG ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; LAUGHTER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAUGHTER; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84897829424     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.02.035     Document Type: Article

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