Objective:To investigate the depression of inpatients in general hospital.Methods:252 inpatients in medical ward were investigated by SDS.Results:there were 100(39.7%) cases with depression symptoms according to SDS(SDS total scores ≥50).There were significant correlations between the incidence of depression and kind of disease or education level.Conclusion: There are 39.7% patients with depression sympoms in medical ward of general hospital.