China News Agency, Beijing, March 8. Question: Little teenagers have a lot of troubles. How to solve the "heart problems" of teenagers?
China News Agency reporter Wu Kan Zheng Jiawei
According to the "China National Mental Health Development Report (2021-2022)" recently released by the Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, among the more than 30,000 teenagers who participated in the survey, 14.8% had different degrees of depression risk.
Adolescence is an important stage of psychological development. In the process of learning how to adapt to the social environment, adolescents are prone to problems such as anxiety and depression.
How to build a protective barrier for the mental health of young people?
During the two sessions of the National People's Congress in 2023, many representatives and committee members made suggestions on this.
Data map: Students attend classes in the classroom.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Yang Bo
Strengthen family mental health guidance
"Children should not be too pretentious" "Just wait until puberty passes"... Teenagers' mental health problems are easily overlooked by their parents. Some parents regard them as cranky thoughts of puberty and fail to provide counseling and intervention in time, leading to escalating problems.
"Parents are the 'first checkpoint' to identify children's mental illness." Liu Lingling, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and chairman of the labor union of Qiaoxi Primary School in Yueyanglou District, Yueyang City, Hunan Province, said that parents should give their children more attention and understanding, and pay attention to children's mental health problems , If the problem is found, take the child to a professional medical institution for treatment in time.
Zhang Qicheng, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a professor of the National Academy of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, believes that parents should be educated and guided by the concept and methods of mental health education, select several pilot areas, and compile parent-specific adolescent mental health education textbooks. Together, construct a three-dimensional support system that is conducive to the growth of teenagers' personality, soul and academic growth.
Data map: Students take physical education classes outdoors.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Gao Zhan
Make up for the shortcomings of school mental health education
The school is an important place for the growth of young people, and it is "urgent" to make up for the shortcomings of the school's mental health education.
Li Xiaoxuan, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and executive principal of Yunnan Industrial and Commercial College, suggested that schools of all levels and types establish a regular evaluation mechanism for mental health education, implement the "one policy for life" mental health files, and intervene in students' psychological problems in a timely manner; increase the proportion of mental health education and social practice class hours , Guide students to self-adjust, reduce psychological pressure, and prevent the occurrence of psychological problems.
Liu Lingling said: "Schools should strengthen psychological counseling. Specifically, relevant training should be organized regularly to improve teachers' ability to identify and deal with problems such as depression, mental disorders, and anxiety disorders, as well as psychological counseling abilities; Screening for problems, strengthening school psychological counseling, psychotherapy and other facilities and staffing.”
The whole society works together to provide systematic support
To care for the mental health of young people, the whole society should form a joint force.
Liu Lingling also suggested to strengthen the construction of youth psychological prevention and treatment service facilities, and increase the training of mental health talents such as psychiatrists and psychotherapists; qualified hospitals set up youth mental health specialties, and improve the treatment ability by allocating medical resources .
"It is recommended that psychological counseling and psychotherapy be included in medical insurance to reduce the burden of medical treatment." Zhang Qicheng said that Guangdong Province took the lead in trying. A diagnosis and treatment project related to mental health assessment is included in the scope of medical insurance payment, and it is recommended to gradually promote it nationwide.
Li Xiaoxuan noticed that in recent years, script killings, escape rooms and other business formats have been favored by young people. Some of the horror, blood and violence elements may have an adverse impact on the mental health of young people. It is recommended to strengthen supervision and establish a pre-censorship and restrictive grading mechanism , and track and monitor.
New technology "pulse" for mental health
In recent years, emerging mental health service equipment based on digital technologies such as artificial intelligence and virtual reality has emerged as the times require, bringing new possibilities for the construction of adolescent mental health.
Liu Qingfeng, deputy to the National People's Congress and chairman of HKUST Xunfei, suggested using artificial intelligence to care for the mental health of young people, build a management platform, and establish a full-process management mechanism from screening and early warning to intervention tracking, so as to improve the coverage of national youth psychological screening and the accuracy of early warning.
"Currently, our team has piloted the promotion of 'Decompression Planet' in Hefei and other urban schools to carry out psychological screening and counseling."
"It is suggested that relevant experts be organized to develop a mental health assessment system specifically for primary and middle school students, and conduct dynamic tracking and comprehensive analysis through big data." Zhang Qicheng said that innovative methods such as adding 3D animation and human-computer interaction can be used to improve the accuracy of scale screening. Reliability, once a problem is found, it can be effectively tracked.
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