Research on Causing Factors and Countermeasures to Postgraduates' Psychological Problems

Though postgraduates are all highly-educated with advanced degrees, yet they tend to have similar psychological problems as most undergraduates have. However, being a relatively independent group postgraduates are characterized by some unique psychological features. Issues such as academic research, job-hunting, interpersonal relationship, financial burden, love and marriage often make postgraduates fall into psychological crisis. Therefore, it is indispensible to investigate these problems and have a thorough analysis of postgraduates' living environments. Based on a case study, this paper mainly analyses the causing factors of postgraduates' psychological problems, aiming to propose feasible and possible countermeasures to tackle them. It begins with a problematic postgraduate as a study case who reveals some representative psychological problems postgraduates are facing now. Then it tries to analyse the relevant causing factors resulting in postgraduates' psychological problems. Finally, the author of this paper proposes five feasible countermeasures to improve postgraduates' mental health.