ABSTRACT
Objective To analyze the mental health status among Chinese officials for providing the evidence for mental health promotion.Methods Meta -analysis was used.The data were extracted from 1 995 to 201 2 published papers on the mental health of Chinese officials.And the results was compared with the norm established in 2006.Results The scores of SCL -90 scale among the police officials were significantly higher than that of the norm(P <0.05)and the effect fell in the middle effect scope of Cohen(0.2 <d <0.8),while there was no significant difference between the non -police group and the norm on the score (P >0.05 ).Conclusion The meta -analysis demonstrates that the mental health of Chinese officials is not optimistic.More attention should be paid to promote the officials'mental health.