In order to strengthen the sensitivity of counselors of students’ affairs in their mental health work and improve their level of mental health education, XinZhiXuan—— a mental health education studio for counselors launched a series of mental health education lectures for counselors. Due to the epidemic, this lecture was conducted on the Tencent meeting platform at 2: 00 p.m. on November 17th. The theme of the lecture is Identifying and Coping with Serious Psychological Disorders among Students. The lecture was presided over by Ke Xiaojun——the deputy Secretary of the Psychological Research and Counseling Center (PRCC), and delivered by Associate Professor Zhang Xuewei. Counselors of students’ affairs from all departments attended the lecture.
During the lecture, Madam Zhang mainly explained schizophrenia and depression. She noted that the impact of those diseases was serious, so counselors should pay special attention to schizophrenia and depression. She then introduced the symptoms of several mental diseases from both negative and positive aspects. Furthermore, she shared the knowledge and techniques on the identification of the symptoms of those mental diseases on the basis of her counseling experience.
Madam Zhang stressed that the identification of those mental diseases should be focused on students’ behavioral symptoms (such as diet and sleep), cognitive symptoms (such as senses of value, guilt, and shame), as well as their mental and emotional states. Counselors of students’ affairs need to provide better interpersonal support for students. In the process of counseling, counselors should actively seek the help of psychological counseling teachers and department-level leaders to form a joint team and improve the working mechanism of crisis intervention.
Madam Zhang's lecture was meticulous and vivid, explaining the difficult psychological terms and symptoms of mental disorders in easy-to-understand language. The general guidelines offered by Madam Zhang will help counselors to cope with various psychological problems of students in their future work.
