Mental health education and moral education are both related and different.

Psychological education is based on psychological theory and moral education is based on Marxist theory. Secondly, their evaluation criteria and purposes are different.

The evaluation standard of students' moral education is based on social morality and behavior standards, while the evaluation standard of students' mental health education is based on whether students' individual psychological situation is healthy and positive.

The purpose of moral education is to cultivate the educated into good citizens who are useful to society and the country according to the needs of society, while the purpose of mental health education is to maximize the potential of the educated, make individuals better adapt to the needs of society and achieve the goal of personal happiness. Third, their working methods are different. Psychological education emphasizes catharsis and persuasion, and mainly solves problems through psychological training, psychological consultation and psychological counseling. It depends on the students' own efforts, which is a process of self-education. It pays attention to the individual value of students and is more easily accepted by students. Moral education emphasizes education and indoctrination, and pays attention to persuasion and precept, which easily causes students' resistance and is mandatory to some extent.

Finally, the staff of the two are different, and the staff of mental health education have higher requirements. They need to have professional knowledge and obtain certain qualifications to be competent.