Efficacy of Cognitive-behavioral Group Therapy for Depression in Patients with Brain Tumors and Increased Hope

The purpose of this study was evaluating the efficacy of cognitive be Behavioral group therapy on depression and hipness brain Tumor. ineachgroup. the experimental group received 4weekly cognitive behavioral therapy session the question nears depression beak and hope eshaneder were usadas the pre test, post test and follow-up. The follow-up study was conducted two months. options were selected and assigned to two experimental and control group with brain tumor patients after the last in tevrnationsessiony the result of covariance analysis showed that the mean scores of depression in post test was significantly lower than control group (P<0/001) and follow-up (P<0/001) the e result also showed that the scores of hope higher than con tral group in past test (P<0/001) and follow-up (P<0/001) it is concluded that cognitive behavioral therapy, could happy life brain tumor. pharmacological interventions should be used in patients with brain tumors.The results suggest that Cognitive Behavior Treatment boat as a valuable addition to surgical and.