People's experiences of humor vary, and humor serves many different functions in our daily lives. Sometime we use humor as a coping mechanism when things are not going well, and other times we enjoy a ...

A new review demonstrates the overall positive impact of humor therapy on depression and anxiety, which may help inform future research, policy, and practice. Humor, a nonpharmacologic intervention ...

An analysis of published studies suggests that humor therapy may lessen symptoms of depression and anxiety. For the analysis, which is published in Brain and Behavior, investigators identified 29 ...

Though John Moe's podcast, 'The Hilarious World of Depression' centers on mental illness, the conversations are funny. Humor "can bust me out" of... Humorist Lightens Depression's Darkness By Talking ...

“Does anyone want to go see a play tomorrow night? It’s called ‘SMILE’ and it’s a one-man show about depression!”None of my friends respond to my message, even after I add the qualifiers, “but it’s a ...

An analysis of published studies suggests that humor therapy may lessen symptoms of depression and anxiety. For the analysis, which is published in Brain and Behavior, investigators identified 29 ...

It happened between the third and fourth grade. My parents noticed a dramatic change in my disposition. Up until then, I had been known for a bouncy, happy-go-lucky personality. Suddenly, I became ...

Mental illness isn’t funny. Or at least, it’s not supposed to be. Depression doesn’t exactly call up visions of roaring laughter. But on FX’s You’re the Worst, some of the funniest jokes hang on the ...

“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,” reads the opening of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina. The latter sentiment is contradicted by the Jerome family of Neil Simon ...

"Sometimes I wish I had an easy answer for why I'm depressed," says Craig, the 16-year-old protagonist of It's Kind of a Funny Story. The movie, which is indeed kind of a funny story and is based on a ...