Teachers'Mental Health:The Current Situation and Risk Prevention
At present,social development is facing great changes in the background of"uncertainty."Mental health problems draw wide attention across the world;in particular,teachers'mental health problems are in urgent need of due attention.To clarify the actual status of Chinese teachers'mental health,this study,based on meta-analysis,compares the rates of prevalence of mental health problems among teachers in China's universities,middle schools,primary schools and kindergartens between 2000 and 2022.The research results reveal the following:The general prevalence of mental health problems among teachers in China accounted for 16.1％,and there was a significant moderating effect in different ages,educational stages,regions and years;the highest rates of prevalence for the different types of teachers'mental health problems were compulsion,depression,and anxiety,respectively;and both the general prevalence of the teachers'mental health problems and the rates of prevalence for various indicators tended to go upwards but fluctuate,and the teachers in secondary schools and central regions showed more serious mental health problems.To address teachers'actual mental health problems,we need to accurately intervene in their key risks and reduce their frequency;work together with various sectors to curb the increase of the risks;and based on national requirements,social needs,and teachers'demands,improve the mental health service system for teachers,increase the efficacy of teachers'mental health services,and truly make teachers the"foundation of education,the source of educational development,and the root for the building of a powerful country"in the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
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