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Movie Watching as a ‘Therapeutic Humour’ Intervention in Severe Mental Illness: Can We Develop a “Service” Based on Patient Feedback?

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India

    Nidhi Malhotra & Nitin Gupta

  2. Mental Health Institute, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India

    Rosy Arora

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Malhotra, N., Gupta, N. & Arora, R. Movie Watching as a ‘Therapeutic Humour’ Intervention in Severe Mental Illness: Can We Develop a “Service” Based on Patient Feedback?. J. Psychosoc. Rehabil. Ment. Health 7, 73–76 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40737-020-00159-8

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