Mental health state of 1496 college students

  Objective   To understand the mental health state of college students and to provide scientific basis for mental health education.

  Methods   1 496 college students were tested with symptom check list 90.

  Results   Mental health level of the college students was lower than Chinese norm.The percentage of students with mental blocks was 20.72%.Categories of mental blocks had something to do with sex.Students from rural area had lower mental health level than those from urban.There was no significant difference between students in human faculties and students in science faculties.The difference between different grades was not obvious.

  Conclusion   Mental health education should be emphasized for different students with corresponding measures.