In addition to timely treatment, family care is very important for the recovery of depression. It includes: 1. Psychological care: Because of the strong inferiority complex of depressed patients, they are pessimistic and disappointed about everything, lack confidence, and even despair and fall into difficulties. Family members should contact and talk with patients more often, keep track of their thoughts, often give help and encouragement to help them build confidence. To the patient should be tireless, patient and meticulous persuasion and explanation, and try to meet the patient’s reasonable needs. 2, close observation: family members should strengthen the observation of the condition, and strictly prevent the occurrence of accidents. Depression is the main cause of suicide and is considered to be the number one killer among mental illnesses. Preventing the occurrence of suicidal behavior in patients is the focus of family care. In addition, if the patient continues to be depressed, in the absence of any treatment, suddenly become like a good person, and do some arrangements of speech and behavior, at this time the most vulnerable to suicide, family members need to be particularly careful. 3, familiar with the lesion: general depression to improve roughly through 3 stages: sleep, diet and thinking improvement, movement gradually increased, emotionally active. Family members should master these signs of improvement to be aware of. If the patient’s appetite is poor, poor sleep at night, weight gain, indicating that the condition has not yet improved, should continue to take medication, do not take it lightly, if necessary, should be hospitalized. 4.Supervise medication: Family members should supervise the patient to maintain medication, especially for patients in recovery, never stop medication just after the disease, which will increase the chance of relapse, stop medication or not should be under the guidance of the doctor. 5, encourage activities: family members to assist the patient to do a good job in life care, pay attention to diet, to ensure that their adequate sleep, the lighter the disease, should encourage them to do more activities, can do some labor and participate in relaxing activities, such as listening to music, chess, dancing, walking, playing ball, painting, planting flowers, birds and fish, etc., in order to distract attention, to achieve the purpose of reducing the disease.