Recovery is no laughing matter – or is it?

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Recovery is no laughing matter – or is it?

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to describe an exploratory pilot study to assess the methods used to evaluate an innovative programme of comedy workshops for a small cohort of people recovering from substance misuse problems. The comedy workshops involved participants working with a professi...

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Main Authors:	Barker, Alex Byron, Winship, Gary
Format:	Article
Published:	Emerald 2016
Subjects:	Social Identity Intervention Comedy Psychological Well-being Self-confidence
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37825/

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