摘要：The article presents an empirical study of sense of humor disorders in patients withschizophrenia and affective disorders. Several parameters of analysis are distinguished:humor recognition, humor preferences and the level of laughing activity. It is showed thatpatients with schizophrenia are characterized by inability to recognize humor. As soon aspatients with schizotypal disorder do recognize humor, this may be used as a diagnosticcriterion in clinical practice. Sense of humor in patients with schizophrenia and affectivedisorders acquires peculiarities which are defined here as preferences of certain cognitivemechanisms and topics of jokes.
关键词：sense of humor; humor recognition; schizophrenia; schizotypal disorder; affective;disorder
