儿童和青少年的心理健康对个人、家庭乃至整个社会都有重要且深远的影响，而发展中小学心理健康既有利于帮助学生提高心理健康素养，实现心理问题的早期预防和干预，同时也能够促进学生的身心健康成长，实现全面发展。

近年来，英国政府出台了多份关于改善和促进中小学生心理健康发展的政策文件，为中小学心理健康教育课程和服务提供了政策支持和行动指导。在政策的宏观指导下，英国各地方当局、中小学和相关机构十分重视心理健康教育课程的规划与施行。自2020年起，健康教育成为英格兰公立中小学的法定必修课程，多数中小学会在个人、社会和健康教育（Personal, Social and Health Education, 以下简称PSHE）课或生活技能课中教授心理健康的知识与技能。此外，英国中小学还以学科渗透的方式将心理健康教育融入其他基础学科，部分学校会引入心理健康教育的项目和活动，帮助学生提升心理健康素养与技能。

英国将心理健康教育服务嵌入到教育系统中，以便为学生构建起一个可以促进身心健康发展的综合护理连续体，中小学在这个连续过程中的不同阶段发挥着重要作用，包括为学生提供校本心理咨询、开展同伴支持项目、与学生的家长沟通互动以及与校外相关机构密切合作等。

英国中小学心理健康教育课程在目标和内容上体现了顺应学生年龄发展规律、注重积极引导和提升心理健康素养的特征，在教学实施上则引导学生敢于公开讨论、消除心理疾病的污名化，并且营造了良好的有秩序的教学环境。而英国中小学心理健康服务不止于校园环境，从微观系统中的学生、学校、家庭与社区这四个要素及要素间关系构成的中间系统，到宏观系统的文化和社会背景，每个系统都对学生的心理健康发展做出了贡献。

The mental health of children and adolescents has an important and far-reaching impact on individuals, families and even the whole society. The development of mental health in primary and secondary schools is not only conducive to helping students improve their mental health literacy, realizing early prevention and intervention of psychological problems, but also promoting Students grow physically and mentally and achieve all-round development.

In recent years, the British government has issued a number of policy documents on improving and promoting the mental health development of primary and secondary school students, providing policy support and action guidance for primary and secondary school mental health education courses and services. Under the macro guidance of the policy, local authorities, primary and secondary schools and related institutions in the UK attach great importance to the planning and implementation of mental health education courses. Since 2020, health education has become a mandatory compulsory course for public primary and secondary schools in England, and most primary and secondary schools will teach mental health knowledge in Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) courses or life skills courses with skills. In addition, primary and secondary schools in the UK also integrate mental health education into other basic subjects through subject penetration. Some schools will introduce mental health education projects and activities to help students improve their mental health literacy and skills.

The UK embeds mental health education services into the education system in order to build a comprehensive care continuum that can promote the development of physical and mental health for students. Primary and secondary schools play an important role in different stages of this continuum, including providing school-based psychological Counseling, conducting peer support programs, communicating and interacting with students' parents, and working closely with relevant agencies outside the school.

In terms of objectives and content, the mental health education curriculum for primary and secondary schools in the UK embodies the characteristics of conforming to the law of students' age development, focusing on active guidance and improving mental health literacy, and in terms of teaching implementation, it guides students to dare to discuss openly and eliminate the stigma of mental illness. And created a good and orderly teaching environment. The mental health services of primary and secondary schools in the UK are not limited to the campus environment. From the intermediate system composed of the four elements of the micro system, students, school, family and community, and the relationship between these elements, to the cultural and social background of the macro system, each system has Contributed to the mental health development of students.