Does humor influence the stigma of mental illnesses?

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 202, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 397-401

  Corrigan, Patrick W ^a   Powell, Karina J ^a   Fokuo, J Konadu ^a   Kosyluk, Kristin A ^a  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Humor; mental illness; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFILIATIVE HUMOR STYLE; AGGRESSIVE HUMOR STYLE; ART; ARTICLE; COMEDY SKETCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMOR; HUMOR STYLES QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF DISCLOSURE; STIGMA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAUGHTER; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING; WIT AND HUMOR AS TOPIC;

EID: 84899940788     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000138     Document Type: Article

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