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End stage renal disease (ESRD) unduly affects black families in the U.S., including black women who are the family caregivers of affected patients. Nephrology nurses who support chronic hemodialysis recipients may be the first to recognize depressive and anxiety symptoms in this understudied caregiver population. This article describes the risk factors for depression in black women who care for persons receiving chronic hemodialysis therapy and INSIGHT therapy as a potential intervention to reduce depressive symptoms.

Mona N. Wicks, PhD, RN, is Professor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN.

Lois Bolden, MSN, APRN, BC, is Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.

Sarah Mynatt, EdD, APRN, BC, is Professor, College of Nursing, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN.

Muriel Curry Rice, PhD, APRN, BC, is Director, HEALTHWORKS, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN.

Sergio R. Acchiardo, MD,is Professor, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN.