Depression a change of affect is regarded as the central clinical features of the mood disorders and in depression, the mood is often depressed, loss of interest, guilt and suicide are among the important symptoms of depression. It affects roughly 25% of women and 10% of men at some point in their lifetime. It’s estimated that 16.2 million adults in the United States, 6.7% of American adults, have had at least one major depressive episode in a given year. From 2013 to 2016, 10.4% of women were found to have depression, compared with 5.5% of men, the WHO estimates that more than 300 million people worldwide suffer from depression. Cancer is the second leading cause of disease globally and is estimated to account for 9.6 million affected in 2018.this study aimed to assess effectiveness of counseling techniques on depression among patients with cancer in Sree Balaji medical college and hospital at Chennai. the main purpose of the study was to assess the depression level among cancer patients before and after effectiveness of counseling techniques on depression among patients with cancer and to associate the post test score with the demographic variables. The study method was evaluative research approach and a Pre- experimental design one group pre- test, post-test design was used. The total sample size was 30.pre test and post test scores was assessed by using structured questionnaires. the result of the study concluded that mean and standard deviation of depression level score in pre test was 50.9 and post test score was 33.7 the calculated’ valve was 29.52 which reveals that there was statistically highly significant difference between the pre test and post test at p<0.05.Hence, Counseling techniques was effective in reducing the level of depression among cancer patients.
