Prescription comedy: Patients use stand-up to fight depression

Tracy, a homeless woman, performs stand-up comedy on stage at the Royal Albert Hall.

Depression costs the public tens of billions of pounds a year and nine million people are on medication. Now, a trial inspired by the adage that laughter is the best medicine has hired professional comedians to teach patients how to perform stand-up routines. This month, seven women performed live at the Royal Albert Hall in … Read more