There's a particular kind of advice that tends to appear when you're having a terrible day: "Just laugh about it." Maybe a friend sends you a ridiculous video, or someone tries to joke about whatever ...

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. Most participants thought humor therapy lessened their depression and anxiety, but some ...

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 ...

An old debate in psychology is getting a new look in modern medicine. New research reviews humor as a treatment for ...

The month of August has been known as Happiness Happens Month. The idea is that each day, you should do something that brings happiness, either to yourself or others. The effort can be as small as ...

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 ...

As a humor writer, I try to write about everything. It's basically all that I know how to do. RELATED: My Best Friend’s Death Wasn’t A “Blessing” — She Was Mentally Ill But the thing about writing ...

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 ...