Objective:To study the mental health status of middle school students in Three-Gorges area of Chongqing in order to provide theory support for mental health education. Methods:1 014 middle school students in Three-Gorges area were tested by SCL-90. Results:The occurrent rate of mental problems with students was 19.8%

of which the first three factors were hostility

compulsiveness and interpersonal sensitivity. Girls’ overall score and mean scores of interpersonal sensitivity

depression

anxiety and phobic anxiety were significantly higher than boys’. The overall score and factor mean scores of senior high school students were significantly higher than those of junior high school students’ except hostility and phobic anxiety factors. The mean scores of interpersonal sensitivity

hostility and phobic anxiety factors were significantly higher than the counterparts in the norms of middle school students

while the mean scores of somatization and anxiety factors were significantly lower than the counterpart in the norms of middle school students. Conclusion:The mental health status of middle school students in Three-Gorges area of Chongqing is poor

and mental health education should be enhanced by all of us.