Adolescent mental health education is an important component of the “health china” strategy. The ministry of education recently published " ten measures to further enhance mental health work for primary and secondary students " , which provides a systematic and precise policy framework for the care of adolescent mental health. Addressing the psychological problems of adolescent growth is not only a step forward in the governance of education, but also a reflection of a re-perception by society as a whole of the healthy growth patterns of adolescents。
The transition of adolescents from a minor to an adult is a transformation, a transition and an important period of self-identification and recognition. I've come to the school and i've never been willing to walk into the school, i've been so nervous on the eve of the exams, i've been so anxious, i've been so upset, i've been so excited about the world, i've been so nervous. In recent years, the psychological problems of children have continued to appear around us in many ways, seriously affecting their healthy growth and becoming a heavy stone on the hearts of their parents。
Worldwide, mental health issues have become widespread “global diseases” and are gradually expanding from adult, occupational and adolescent groups to younger age groups. In 2025, the institute of psychological studies of the chinese academy of sciences published the national mental health development report (2023-2024), which showed that the detection rate of depression among adolescents was 15-25 per cent, a high risk group for mental health。
Adolescents have unique patterns of psychological development, complex mental health problems, objective pressures of increased academic competition and real challenges such as poor family education and cybershocks. The solution to this problem must be an integrated approach, with both policy rigidity and the softening of education。
To safeguard the mental health of adolescents, the first step is to escape the limitations of “headache management” in order to rethink educational ecology in a systematic way and create a relaxed environment conducive to their mental health. Pressure is the source of many psychological problems, and “ten measures” begin at a small level, giving children clear relief measures. For example, in response to the “retrogressive” problem of examination anxiety, the policy requires not only strict control of the total number of jobs, regulation of examination management, but also deeper reforms such as the promotion of secondary school reform and the expansion of the ratio of high-quality high school to school. This combination of “source-depression plus system reform” directly hits the symptoms of internalization of the competition for advancement to school and protects the protection of students from psychological stress。
Ensuring adolescent mental health also requires integrating mental health education into the whole process of education governance, with the conscious development of child resilience. Measures such as “two hours of physical activity per day”, “class” “grade” competitions, “15 minutes of class” etc. Reflect the governance logic of “health-for-development” and help young people to build their psychological capacity to immunize their children with their internal dynamics。
Ensuring adolescent mental health requires greater social consensus. Addressing adolescent mental health issues has never been a “one-sided play” in schools, and the implementation of the ten measures will require collaboration and effort from all sides. For example, the implementation of the “full-time mental education teacher”, which addresses the preparation, title and treatment of professionals; the implementation of the “two hours of physical activity per day”, which requires the education sector, in collaboration with the sports sector, to sink the premises, teachers and competitions into every school; the implementation of the “net net” system, which must contain platform-based algorithms and “blackening” the content of the “trafficking anxiety”; the implementation of the “family education guide”, which must not remain on board, but should provide parents with genuine educational guidance to reduce the psychological crisis caused by conflict between parents. More importantly, the media, public figures and web platforms need to move away from high-profile cults and famous school filters, give more applause and lenses to ordinary children, and shift the scale of social evaluation towards diversity。
The pedagogues once said, “the true education is an activity with a heart”. The mental health of primary and secondary school students is of concern to the lycans and to nation-building and national renewal. A teacher's hearing, a parent's affirmation, a home visit to the community, a platform algorithm optimization, a public-interest grant... By placing “psychological friendship” in everyday behaviour throughout society, we can build a mental health fence for adolescents so that every child's youth can flourish in the sun。
