The purpose of the present study is to evaluate in terms of the D scale of the MMPI the characteristic Japanese clinical depression and to mare a comparative evaluation with that of patients in America. 30 depressive patients were selected for the experimental group. For the control group 80 college students were used. The findings were summarized with various methods including item analysis and profile pattern analysis, etc. The profile pattern of the depressive group presented the typical configuration of a depression profile in the two high points of the D and Pt scales, as had been the case in the U.S.