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Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences Peer Reviewed, Open Access, Free Online Journal Published Quarterly : Mangalore, South India : ISSN 0972-5997 This work is licensed under a Volume 10, Issue 1; Jan-Mar 2011 Creative Commons Attribution- No Derivative Works 2.5 India License Original Article: Depression, Anxiety and Stress Reduction in Medical Education: Humor as an Intervention. Ramesh Narula, Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedics, Varsha Chaudhary, Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Kusum Narula, Demonstrator ,Department of Community Medicine, Ram Narayan, Clinical Psychologist, Rohilkhand Medical College, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India. Address For Correspondence: Dr. Ramesh Narula, Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedics, Rohilkhand Medical College, Bareilly, UP, India E-mail: rameshnarula @ Citation: Narula R, Chaudhary V, Narula K, Narayan R. Depression, Anxiety and Stress Reduction in Medical Education: Humor as an Intervention. Online J Health Allied Scs. 2011;10(1):7 URL: /issue37/2011-1-7.htm Open Access Archives: /view/subjects/OJHAS.html and http://openmed.nic.in/view/subjects/ojhas.html Submitted: Feb 25, 2011 Accepted: Mar 31, 2011; Published: April 15, 2011 Abstract: satisfaction, as well as self-reported suboptimal patient care. Background : In recent years there has been a growing appreci- Pre-clinical medical students have higher levels of stress than ation of the issues of quality of life and stresses involved in the general population due to such factors as academic pres- medical training as this may affect their learning and acade