Objective:To explore mental health of students of military medical university Method:Based on understanding of help seekers in counseling, we selected grade-2 students in the fourth military medical university as our sample (n=374, male: 252, female: 122; 264 from army, 110 submitted by civil units) The research instruments included SCL-90 and EPQ Results:EPQ results showed, female had lower N, P scores, higher E score than male They also had higher score of phobia in SCL-90 than male, while male had higher scores of obsession, interpersonal sensitivity, and anxiety in SCL-90 than female Compared with students from one child family, students having siblings had higher P score, lower E score, and higher scores of depression, phobia, and psychotism in SCL-90 Civil students had lower N, P scores and higher E score than military students did They had also lower scores of obsession, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, and psychotism in SCL-90 Conclusion: In students of military medical university, male, those from multiple children families and those from army have relatively poor mental health than their counterparts

Objective To explore the relationship between cognition and serum cytokines in middle school students with depressive symptoms. Methods The serum levels of interleukin-2 (IL-2), interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-8 (IL-8), and tumor necrosis factor-? (TNF-?) were measured in 49 middle school students with depressive symptoms and 32 normal controls by adopting scales and radioimmunology methods. Results ①The serum levels of IL-2, IL-6, and TNF-? in middle school students with depressive symptoms were significantly lower than those in the controls. ② Serum levels of IL-2, IL-6, and TNF-? in depressive subjects were negatively correlated with the total scores of Beck, Zung and Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire (ATQ), but serum IL-8 levels were positively and significantly correlated with total Beck, Zung and ATQ scores. ③ Serum levels of IL-2, IL-6, and TNF-? were correlated negatively with Beck and ATQ factors. Conclusion Depressive symptoms in middle school students are accompanied by signs of immunosuppression. The immunological mechanisms may be different from the clinical major depression.