Many patients and accompanying family members who visit the psychology departments of general hospitals and psychiatric hospitals see the outpatient situation and ask the question, “Are there so many people visiting the clinic for depression now because the incidence of depression has increased due to the increased pressure of life now?” This question can be understood from several perspectives: first, from the perspective of the etiology of depression. Although the etiology and pathogenesis of depression are not fully clarified, studies have found that the risk factors for the development of depression involve multiple biological, social and psychological aspects. Since social and psychological problems are involved in the etiology of depression, the incidence of depression is bound to increase with changes in the social environment and increased social pressure. Clinical observations show that the number of depression visits in first-tier cities is significantly higher than in second- and third-tier cities, and the stress of life in first-tier cities is higher than in second- and third-tier cities. There is indeed an objective increase from this perspective. Secondly, this trend is related to the increased public awareness of the disease. In the days when material conditions were not yet abundant and the problem of food and clothing was not yet solved, few people would pay attention to their own mental health. However, through the casual conversations of elders and history taking in clinical work, one would often hear that a neighbor in the old family had committed suicide for unknown reasons. Of course suicide as a social phenomenon is influenced by many factors, but in most cases these people are undetected in the early stages of depression and fail to receive timely intervention until they evolve into major depression accompanied by strong suicidal ideation and eventually implemented. So the more is not really an increase now, but more is detected. There is also publicity from prominent people and media coverage. Whereas in the past having depression would have been considered a shameful thing, even rising to the level of a moral problem or a sign of weak will, nowadays having depression seems to stand in the same league as some public figures, and some even claim that depression only appears in people of higher levels. This claim, although not objective, partially reduces the patient’s stigma and facilitates early diagnosis and timely treatment. In summary, the objective factors of increasing risk factors, combined with media campaigns and changing public perceptions, have resulted in the current “increasing” number of depressions.