Journal of Higher Education Research

Implementing mental health education for college students is an important aspect of achieving the educational goal of fostering virtue and cultivating people in universities in the new era. It has great significance for enhancing universities' humanistic care and improving college students' self-awareness. Under the new media perspective, the mental health education of college students can achieve online classes and popularization, which can significantly improve the quality and level of mental health education. However, it is worth noting that there are still issues in the current mental health education for college students, such as insufficient attention from students, insufficient frequency of effective interaction between teachers and students, and inadequate construction of mental health teachers. In the context of new media, university teachers need to center on new media technology to establish a scientifically sound mental health education system. They should comprehensively utilize the advantages of network technology to enhance the effectiveness of mental health education, thereby laying a solid foundation for the mental health and robust growth of college students.