Mental health means that individuals can correctly evaluate and accept themselves and get along with others. It can not only adapt to the changing and developing realistic environment it faces, but also constantly improve and maintain its own personality characteristics; At the same time, it has good self-control and adjustment ability, and can be in a more positive state in cognitive function, emotional response activities and will behavior.
Second, the standard of mental health
On the basis of foreign scholars' research, it is generally believed that the level of mental health can be evaluated from the following aspects.
1. Emotional stability and optimism;
2. Harmonious interpersonal relationship;
3. Integrity of personality;
4. Correct self-concept;
5. Good adaptability to the environment;
6. Psychological and behavioral performance conforms to age characteristics.
Third, the typical psychological problems of middle school students
depression
Depression is the abbreviation of depressive neurosis, which refers to a persistent state of depression, often accompanied by anxiety, physical discomfort and sleep disorders.
(2) phobia
It refers to the patient's abnormal intense fear or nervous inner experience of a specific object, interpersonal communication or situation under normal circumstances, thus avoiding the object of fear, which is difficult to control. According to the different objects of terror, it can be divided into social phobia, object phobia and situational phobia.
(3) obsessive-compulsive disorder
It means that visitors' subjective experience of some thoughts and intentions originated from themselves is unnecessary, or their repetition is inappropriate, but it is difficult to restrain them through their own will, thus resulting in strong tension and serious internal conflicts. Some repetitive actions and behaviors are often secondary phenomena presented by patients in order to relieve their inner tension, succumb to unpleasant thoughts and intentions or confront them. The main clinical manifestations are obsessive-compulsive concept and compulsive behavior.
Anxiety disorders
Refers to persistent mental stress or paroxysmal panic, often accompanied by dizziness, chest tightness, palpitation, dyspnea, dry mouth, frequent urination, urgency, sweating, tremor and exercise anxiety. Anxiety is a kind of fear and nervous attack with no obvious reason, accompanied by autonomic nervous dysfunction and exercise tension.
(5) Personality disorder
Personality disorder, also known as morbid personality or abnormal personality, refers to the obvious deviation of personality developed from childhood or adolescence.
1. Paranoid personality;
2. Anti-social personality;
3. Impulsive personality;
4. Avoidant personality.
(6) Sexual deviation
Sexual deviation refers to the bad adaptation of teenagers in the process of sexual development, and generally does not belong to sexual psychological disorder.
(7) Eating disorders
Eating disorders include anorexia nervosa, bulimia and pica.
(8) Sleep disorder
Sleep disorders include insomnia, oversleeping, sleepwalking, night terrors and nightmares.
Fourthly, the significance of mental health education.
1. Strengthening mental health education is the objective need of middle school students' mental health;
2. Strengthening mental health education is the call of the times and the objective requirement of quality education;
3. Strengthening mental health education is an objective requirement for improving and strengthening school moral education.