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Did you hear the one about the comic therapist? HEALTH: HUMOUR HEALTH: HUMOUR Health workers and stand-ups make anti-stress DVD
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IT'S been said that laughter is the best medicine, and one of NHS
Greater Glasgow and Clyde's mental health teams is proving exactly
that.
Sandra Johnston, 36, is a cognitivebehavioural therapist with the
Steps primary care mental health team in southeast Glasgow, based at
Govanhill Workspace, and is also well known on the Scottish stand-
up comedy circuit.
A past winner of the Wilkinson Sword Cutting Edge of Comedy prize
at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, she has performed all over
Scotland.
As part of the first Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film
Festival, Johnston is joining other leading ...
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