Strengthen vocational mental health education through literacy, ecosystem, teacher development, and crisis networks¶

Strategy · All strategies
Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 associational), q3 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description¶

The article recommends a four-part strategy for secondary vocational schools: raising mental health literacy, improving the psychological growth environment, developing teachers' capacities, and building crisis prevention networks. It states the findings "suggest that enhancing mental health literacy, optimizing the psychological growth ecosystem for students, empowering teacher development, and strengthening the construction of psychological crisis prevention and control networks" to support high-quality vocational education.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Schools need scientific psychological education systems and collaborative support mechanisms as described in the article's aims.

Constraints¶

• The survey is cross-sectional and cannot verify causal relationships between variables.

Target Learners¶

• secondary vocational school students

Target Learning Goals¶

• mental health literacy
• psychological crisis prevention
• student well-being supporting academic development

Claims¶

• Only 4.3% of surveyed secondary vocational students meet mental health knowledge standards [+W]
• Severe depressive symptoms co-occur with self-harm and suicidal tendencies among vocational students [+W]

Related Strategies¶

• Strengthen school-based mental health services, special educators and early-detection awareness programmes for depression and learning disorders
• Develop information and education programmes to improve integration of children with mental health problems, tailored to condition type

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Zhang, X., Wang, S., Lin, X., Zheng, J., and Li, L. (2026). 2025 survey study on psychological education status among secondary vocational school students in xx province insights into mental health status and educational implications based on 31,000 students. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1773198