Teacher, the low mental stress index here indicates that I don't have any emotional problems, right? "Zhang Haobo, a first-year student at Beijing Hongzhi Middle School, excitedly communicated with his psychological teacher. He just evaluated his mental health status with other classmates using a portable AI psychological assessment device newly introduced by the school. This is one of the recent collaborations between Beijing Hongzhi Middle School and the School of Electronic Engineering at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications to establish the "AI Psychological Assessment Laboratory". Nowadays, many schools and communities in various regions are trying to introduce technologies such as AI to empower students' mental health work and safeguard the mental health of young people. Assisted psychological screening is a crucial period for the development of adolescent mental health in primary and secondary schools. For schools, strengthening students' mental health education and improving the psychological crisis screening mechanism are very important tasks. ”Professor Yu Junsheng from the School of Electronic Engineering at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications believes that "AI technology can assist in identifying students' psychological problems, alert teenagers to mental health risks, and achieve the effect of 'early detection and early intervention'. ”Yu Junsheng showed reporters how the portable AI psychological assessment device designed by his team is used. The staff clipped a small white device onto the subject's finger, with the other end of the device connected to the phone. A few minutes later, various indicators of the test subject were displayed on the phone screen, including physical and mental balance, vitality index, anxiety state, mental stress index, emotional tendency, etc. This device measures the contraction and expansion of blood vessels at the fingertips of the test subjects, and uses AI technology to analyze pulse information, converting the physiological state of the person into corresponding psychological indicators for presentation. ”Yu Junsheng introduced that traditional psychological assessments generally use psychological scales to grasp the psychological state of the test subjects. For primary and secondary school students, answering psychological scales takes a long time, and the process of answering may be relatively casual, making it difficult to accurately reflect their true psychological state. However, AI psychological assessment equipment can collect more than 30000 fingertip pulse information within 5 minutes. By recording and analyzing the multidimensional data presented by this information, it can be closer to the real psychological state. ”Previously, the testing and application of this device in schools in Sichuan, Henan and other places have achieved good results. For school psychological teachers, the application of AI psychological assessment equipment can significantly reduce their work pressure and is a good assistant for campus mental health education. Beijing Hongzhi Middle School has over 1300 students and 3 full-time psychological teachers. At the beginning of each semester, we conduct psychological screening on all students in the school. If we find students with warning signs, we will provide long-term counseling and tracking. The workload of this process is still very large. If AI psychological assessment equipment can be applied in the early screening, it will definitely be more convenient and efficient. ”Zhou Dongmei, a full-time psychological teacher at Beijing Hongzhi Middle School, said. At present, Beijing Hongzhi Middle School has introduced 50 AI psychological assessment devices. Zhou Dongmei believes that "the application of these devices can facilitate long-term and dynamic psychological screening of students. For example, during students' break time, they can come to check and take a few minutes to understand their current psychological state. If a student has a high anxiety index after several consecutive measurements, the school's psychological teachers can also provide timely intervention and assistance." Assisting in psychological counseling AI technology can not only assist in psychological screening, but also play a role in psychological counseling. In the psychological counseling classroom of Beijing Hongzhi Middle School, there are two semi transparent soundproof glass rooms with tables, chairs, and tablets inside. The computer is installed with the AI Stress Relief Planet program, and students can have conversations and seek psychological counseling with it. Close the room door, it is completely soundproof inside, which can effectively protect students' privacy. ”Zhou Dongmei introduced that AI Stress Relief Planet is an AI mental health assistance system developed by iFlytek. It can serve as an AI psychological partner for students, listen to their emotional fluctuations, intelligently identify their psychological stress status, and provide personalized advice. In Zhou Dongmei's view, AI psychological counseling programs have their unique advantages. Some students have introverted personalities and are unwilling to actively contact their psychological teachers when they encounter emotional problems, but they tend to relax and can freely confide in AI programs. In addition, AI systems utilize emotional computing technology to provide personalized support solutions for different students' problems, enhancing their acceptance of suggestions. ”Many campuses have introduced such AI psychological counseling systems. In May 2025, the "Free" psychological counseling model was implemented and applied at Changping District No.1 Middle School in Beijing. This platform has the characteristics of "empathetic chat, expert level counseling, personalized evaluation", integrating AI technology with professional knowledge of psychology, and can provide services such as psychological counseling, emotional management, parent-child communication, and home school co education. According to statistics, more than 1300 teachers and students used the system during the two months of its pilot use in schools; The weekly activity rate of household users reaches 45%; 86% of parents reported a significant improvement in the quality of parent-child communication; The "Class Emotion Heat Map" generated by AI reduces the screening time for high-risk students in terms of mental health from 2 weeks to 3 days, and enables seamless screening and privacy protection. At Xiamen Experimental Primary School in Fujian Province, AI virtual psychology teacher "Duo Duo" is popular among students. Zheng Shu, a full-time psychological teacher at the school, introduced that "Duoduo" integrates big language modeling technology, professional psychological knowledge base, AI emotion algorithm, etc., providing a supplement to the school's mental health education work. When students face the screen to consult with 'Duo Duo', the camera above the screen can recognize the changes in students' expressions, eye movements, and other state changes, thus more accurately identifying the counselor's emotional changes. For example, when students are faced with counseling, they may conceal certain actions such as touching their nose or forehead. The AI virtual psychological teacher will ask, 'I saw you touching your nose just now, are you unsure about this answer?' in order to alleviate students' anxiety and understand their true psychological state. ”Zheng Shu said. In addition to supplementing public service schools, many communities have also incorporated AI psychological systems into public services to assist in youth mental health counseling. The Chongming District Mental Health Counseling Center for Minors in Shanghai has set up an "AI Intelligent Emotional Counseling Cabin" where teenagers can play some fun psychological games, undergo psychological assessments, or confide in their AI partners. The staff of the counseling center stated that the "AI intelligent emotional counseling cabin", as a supplement to traditional psychological counseling, can effectively break the time and space limitations of traditional psychological counseling and create a safe and private emotional release space for teenagers. The intelligent system it is equipped with integrates a large number of adolescent psychology cases and professional counseling methods. With the participation of a team of psychology experts in model training, it can accurately identify emotional signals such as anxiety, irritability, and depression, and provide personalized and scientific counseling suggestions based on children's expression characteristics. But at the same time, the staff also reminded that AI systems are auxiliary to psychological counseling. If teenagers encounter complex psychological difficulties, it is still recommended to seek help through professional psychological counseling services. The Fumiao Station in Shiling Town, Huadu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province has introduced an AI based psychological health monitoring and intervention system to build intelligent psychological health protection for young people in the jurisdiction. The system covers 14 modules such as emotional state, school adaptability, and stress resistance, and can quickly depict a comprehensive psychological portrait of teenagers through human-computer interaction. The system also incorporates anthropomorphic intelligent agents that can conduct AI interviews, making psychological screening more authentic. The person in charge of Huadu District Women's Federation stated that the digital exploration of Fumiao Station in Shiling Town is a beneficial attempt to empower grassroots governance with technology and serve the healthy growth of young people. In the future, the local government will gradually promote this inclusive service model to more schools and communities. The "Yuexin" Growth Center in Wuxi High tech Zone (Xinwu District), Jiangsu Province, has established a physically operated "AI+Heart Education" school family social collaborative education alliance based on AI and big data technology. It is reported that the Growth Center has integrated multiple data such as students' mental health records and family parenting style assessments, and has built a dynamic database covering 46000 students in the entire district. In the "Yuezhi AI Quality Expansion Room", students can undergo psychological adaptability training through VR devices and learn emotional management in immersive scenarios. The AI psychological platform can quickly assess students' psychological states, generate three-dimensional psychological portraits, and provide interpretation suggestions to teachers, students, and parents. The Growth Center also collaborates with six local street community service centers and numerous school level psychological counseling rooms to promote the formation of a school family community collaborative full chain of responsibility, resources, and space between families, schools, and society. With the support of online resource management and appointment platforms, mental health services are extended from district level platforms to streets. (New Society)