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Background- Mental health knowledge plays a vital role in de-stigmatizing people about mental illness. The understanding of the primary caregivers and their stigma about mental illness matters a lot as their knowledge and stigma will affect the patient's mental health and recovery. Aim- Study of the mental health knowledge and mental health stigma among the primary caregivers of mentally ill patients. Methodology- Primary caregivers were taken with the help of interviewing methods from the psychiatric center of SMS, Jaipur, using mental health knowledge questionnaire and perceived devaluation and discrimination scale. Frequencies & correlation as statics was used to find out the role among the two. Results- Stigma and mental health knowledge are negatively correlated findings have suggested that with the increase in the knowledge of mental health there is a decreased stigma. So, to increase the knowledge and decrease the stigma among people about mental health and its illnesses various awareness programs can be organized.