The basic task of mental health education is: (1) For most students with mental health, the goal of mental health education is to cultivate students' good psychological quality, prevent the occurrence of psychological obstacles, and promote the development and perfection of students' psychological function and personality. (2) For students with psychological barriers, the goal of mental health education is to eliminate students' psychological barriers, prevent the occurrence of psychological diseases and improve students' mental health level. (3) Psychological counseling and treatment for a few students with psychological barriers.

The series of teaching materials for criminal education: mental health education is a book carefully written by the author for readers. The main contents of "Criminal Education Series Textbook: Mental Health Education" include: introduction, psychological characteristics and common abnormal psychology of primary and secondary school students, basic theories and methods of mental health education, learning psychological consultation, students' personality psychological consultation, students' life and leisure consultation, mental health education in school education and teaching activities, the establishment and application of students' psychological files, and home-school cooperation in school mental health education.