Background: Substance abuse is an important health problem throughout the world including India. A research study with family members of drug dependent people showed an increase in the risk of the emergence of mental disorders in 58.0% of the spouses, and a greater frequency of physical assaults. Methodology: A non-experimental survey method was used. 140 subjects who met the sampling criteria were included. The standardised tool DASS depression aspects were included. Results: 99% of subjects were females. 34 percentage of caregivers have moderate level of depression. Conclusion: In the present study, it has observed that most of the subjects suffer vary from mild to very severe depression shows that these subjects need community based psychosocial interventions like psycho education and relaxation therapy.
