fa تأثیر مشاوره گروهی با رویکرد معنا‌درمانی بر افسردگی بیماران مبتلا به سرطان پستان General پژوهشي Research Article Background and AimBreast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women. As the breast plays an important role in female sexuality, cancer diagnosis may evoke negative psychological reactions such as fear, anxiety, and depression and in treating these complications less dangerous proce4dures must be taken into consideration. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of logotherapy group counseling on reduction of depression in breast cancer patients in Birjand   .   Mateials and MethodsA quasi-experimental, pretest/post-test control group was used in our study. Statistical population consisted of breast cancer patients in Birjand city between 2010 and the first half of 2011. The sample included 22 breast cancer patients who were non–randomly divided into intervention and control groups, based on DSM criteria (DSMVR) and Beck’s Depression Inventory, achieved grade 13 at least. The experimental group participated in logotherapy with a group counseling approach for ten 2 hour sessions and the control group did not receive any psychological treatments. SPSS software (V13) and statistical tests independent and dependent t were and α=0.05 was taken as the significant level.   ResultsThe rate of depression significantly decreased in the experimental group (8.27±4.7, P Psychotherapy,Depression,Breast Neoplasms,Counseling 165 172 http://mcj.bums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-403&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Fatemeh Haghighi فاطمه حقیقی 10031947532846004123 10031947532846004123 No Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran دانشیار گروه آسیب شناسی، دانشکده علوم پزشکی بیرجند، ایران Sajad Khodaei سجاد خدایی 10031947532846004124 10031947532846004124 Yes MS in Clinical Psychology, Student Affairs, Birjand University of Medical Science, Birjand, Iran. Email: sajadkhodai@yahoo.com کارشناس ارشد روان شناسی بالینی، معاونت دانشجویی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند، ایران. تلفن:05614423070 پست الکترونیک: sajadkhodai@yahoo.com Gholamreza Sharifzadeh غلامرضا شریف‌زاده 10031947532846004125 10031947532846004125 No M.Sc. in Epidemiology, Instructor, Faculty of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran کارشناس ارشد اپیدمیولوژی، عضو هیات علمی مرکز تحقیقات عوامل اجتماعی موثر بر سلامت و دانشکده بهداشت دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند، ایران