PEP | Article - Psychiatric Quarterly. XXXVII, 1963: Response to Humor in Depression; A Predictor and Evaluator of Patient Changes. Kurt Nussbaum and William W. Michaux. Pp. 527-539.

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Abstract

Of eighteen women patients with severe neurotic and psychotic depressions, those who responded even slightly to presentation of humor in the form of jokes or riddles had a better prognosis for improvement with psychotherapy than did those who failed to respond.

PEP | Article - Psychiatric Quarterly. XXXVII, 1963: Response to Humor in Depression; A Predictor and Evaluator of Patient Changes. Kurt Nussbaum and William W. Michaux. Pp. 527-539. - The Psychoanalytic Quarterly