What Is a Mental Health Day?

In order to guide college students to pay attention to their own mental health, in 2000, "5.25 National College Student Mental Health Festival" kicked off at Beijing Normal University. The health festival took the homonym "5.25" "I love me", which means caring for the psychological growth and self-care of the self. The theme of health and activities is the issue of interpersonal communication and mutual assistance among college students. The slogan is "I love me-walking out of the island of the soul". Since then (2004), the Ministry of Education, the League Central Committee, and the Office of the All-China Students' Union have issued an initiative to the national college students, setting May 25 each year as the National College Student Mental Health Day.

College Student Mental Health Day

"5.25" is a homonym for "I love me". In this regard, the promoter's explanation is: Love yourself can better love others. The first criterion of mental health is to know yourself, to accept yourself, to experience the value of your existence, and to be optimistic and confident, so that people can get along with others with trust, love, tolerance and respect, and can share, accept, and give love And friendship, can work together with others. "5.25" was selected to make it easier for college students to remember and pay attention to their mental health. Subsequently, "5.25University Mental Health Day" was recognized in universities across the country, and universities across the country used this day to carry out various forms of mental health education activities, and even considered this day to be the "University Mental Health Day". Professor Che Hongsheng, Dean of the School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, said: "The holding of the College Student Mental Health Activity Week shows that psychology is valued by the people. Social development requires psychology, and I hope this activity can be extended to all parts of the country." Today, " 5.25 College Students' Mental Health Activity Week "has spread all over the country and has become a well-known brand of college student activities nationwide, and its influence will become greater and greater.

Themes of previous "5.25" College Students' Mental Health Week:

Focusing on the theme, the first college student's mental health day in 2000 proposed its own slogan: "I love me, give my mind a clear sky!"

The theme of the second event in 2001 was identified as improvement

First of all, May 4th is the May Fourth Youth Day. For a long time, May itself has been given the same vitality and passion as young people. As a new generation of young people, the preferred activity day is of course May. Secondly, in view of the lack of knowledge of mental health among college students, which leads to a lack of understanding of their own psychological problems, the "mental health day" activity is to promote college students to love themselves, cherish their lives, and grasp their opportunities for Create a better road to success by yourself, and develop from cherishing yourself to caring for others, caring for the society, and filling the heart with sunshine. The homonym of "5.25" is "I love me", which fully reflects the purpose and purpose of the event.

Create an atmosphere of focusing on mental health, understanding of mental health, and focusing on mental health among the majority of students. Through the organization and design of a series of content carriers that are rich in content, diverse in forms, highly engaging, and targeted, promote the mental health knowledge of college students and popularize them. The concept of building a harmonious society, a harmonious campus, and a harmonious mind, set up a platform for students to exercise their psychological qualities and improve their psychological endurance, strengthen the psychological health education for college students in an all-round way, and improve their adaptability to the environment, self-management, learning, and interpersonal communication , Dating, dating, job hunting and other abilities.