Humor and Wellness in Clinical Intervention

Waleed A. Salameh, Ph.D., M.S., is a clinical and consulting psychologist practicing in San Diego, California William F. Fry, Jr., M.D., is a behavioral scientist and psychiatrist Harvey Mindess, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus at Antioch University, Los Angeles Karyn Buxman, R.N., M.S., has extended her nursing career into many sectors of the field, including intensive and emergency care, surgery, psychiatry, obstetrics, and home health. She has also included teaching and consulting in her professional work, currently working full time as speaker, writer, and consultant in therapeutic humor William Bernet, M.D., is Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, and Director, Vanderbilt Forensic Psychiatry, in Nashville, Tennessee Ofra Nevo, Ph.D., is a professor of Counseling Psychology in the Psychology Department at the University of Haifa, Israel Sue Chance, M.D., is a psychiatrist, author, and publisher. Following her graduation from Menninger Clinic training, she has spent a significant portion of her adult life as a practicing mental health professional Stephanie Brown, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist, author, researcher, and consultant in the field of addictions. She is director of the Addictions Institute in Menlo Park, California, and a Research Associate at the Mental Research Institute (MRI) in Palo Alto, California, where she codirects the Family Recovery Research Project Sandra E. Ritz, Dr. Ph, R.N., M.S.N., has functioned as a nurse in numerous health care institutions, as a teacher and workshop presenter in nursing and public health, and as a health care consultant in clinics and hospitals in California, Hawaii, and French Polynesia Edward Dunkelblau, Ph.D., is a psychologist who has functioned during the course of his professional career as a therapist, teacher, administrator, and consultant. The other two authors, Barrett Mcray, Psy.D., and Mat Mcfadden, M.A., were interns at the time of the chapter writing. Both are now well established in their professional careers, no doubt thanks, in part, to their stimulating supervisory experiencesSalameh, Waleed A. is the author of 'Humor and Wellness in Clinical Intervention' with ISBN 9780275961558 and ISBN 0275961559.