Recently, five departments including the Ministry of Civil Affairs jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Strengthening Mental Health Care Services for Children in Difficulty" to comprehensively improve the mental health level and physical and mental health of children in distress by strengthening mental health education, carrying out mental health monitoring and other measures Quality.
The "Opinions" require that when carrying out mental health education for students, all localities should focus on the psychological needs of children in difficulty and propose targeted measures. Child welfare institutions and juvenile rescue and protection institutions should carry out mental health education based on the physical and mental characteristics of children in the institutions by introducing professional social forces and other means; schools should guide needy children in need to actively accept mental health assessments and master mental health assessments. situation and strengthen care and concern. Child welfare institutions and minors' rescue and protection institutions must regularly conduct mental health assessments of children in the institutions and strengthen the analysis of assessment results. Relevant assessment information should be included in children's personal files in a timely manner.
It is necessary to guide parents or other guardians of children in difficulty to strengthen family companionship and emotional care, and to ease and resolve children's negative emotions. Give full play to the role of school teachers, children's directors, etc., to provide psychological counseling, emotional counseling and other support services to children in need; if children in trouble may have psychological abnormalities, children's supervisors, children's directors and schools can guide their parents or other guardians to Seek professional help from psychosocial services or medical and health institutions.
For children in distress who suffer from mental disorders and have undergone outpatient or hospitalization treatment, after they are discharged from the hospital and return to the community or school, local civil affairs, education and other departments should mobilize school teachers and others to establish a paired care service relationship with the children in distress and carry out regular follow-up and tracking Serve. Where conditions permit, places should rely on urban and rural community comprehensive service facilities and other institutions or places to collaboratively build mental health care service platforms to provide effective mental health care guidance and consultation services.