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Family members are the primary caregivers of persons with mental illnesses in most of the nonwestern world. In India, more than 90% of patients with chronic mental illness live with their families. The family caregiver plays multiple roles in care of persons with mental illness, including taking day-to-day care, supervising medications, taking the patient to the hospital and looking after the financial needs. Descriptive study was conducted to assess the depression among caregivers of mentally ill persons attending psychiatric opd,svims,tirupathi. A total of 100 caregivers were chosen by convenient sampling technique. After getting consent from the study sample, standardized questionnaire was given to collect data.Results revealed that 15% had ,52% had mild depression,26% had moderate depression,7% had severe depression. In association of level of demographic variables Religion, Occupation, Duration of treatment and Socio economic class p< 0.05 level.