With the continuous progress of building a harmonious socialist society, the competition for talents in China is becoming increasingly fierce during the social transformation period, and the social requirements for talents' quality are gradually improving, which puts higher demands on the ideological and political quality of college students. The psychological pressure and problems they bear are far greater than before, and the psychological level and ideological understanding of college students have also undergone tremendous changes. In order to adapt to the development and change of the new situation, how to carry out targeted and effective education forms and realize the organic combination of ideological and political education and mental health education in colleges and universities is a serious and realistic topic faced by ideological and political educators in colleges and universities at present.

Undoubtedly, grasping the pulse of college students' needs and improving the timeliness of ideological education have become a practical way for ideological educators in colleges and universities. The Opinions on Strengthening College Students' Mental Health Education issued by the Ministry of Education in March 1 clearly pointed out: "Strengthening college students' mental health education is an important measure to comprehensively implement the Party's educational policy and implement quality education under the new situation, an important way and means to promote college students' all-round development, and a moral education work in colleges and universities. On August 26th, 2004, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the Opinions on Further Strengthening and Improving Ideological and Political Education for College Students, which further pointed out: "We should pay attention to mental health education, cultivate college students' good psychological quality and excellent character of self-esteem, self-love and self-improvement, and enhance their ability to overcome difficulties, stand tests and bear setbacks-actively carry out mental health education and psychological counseling for college students. These two documents define the direction of mental health education in ideological and political education in colleges and universities.