Zhao Jun, doctor of an artillery brigade in the Chengdu Military Area Command, returned to his unit after attending advanced studies of psychology in the 3rd Military Medical University. With his arrival in the No. 1 company of new soldiers on Dec. 5 as a psychological consultant, all psychological consultants of new soldiers' companies were on their positions.

　　Considering that new soldiers' psychological problems were growing every year, the Party committee of the brigade selected 11 psychologically healthy and high quality officers to attend the training in psychology in the 3rd Military Medical University half a year ahead of time. After the training, two consultants stayed at the psychological consultation office of the brigade, and 9 were sent to all the new soldiers' companies. These psychological consultants firstly collected psychological problems of the new soldiers, and made thorough analysis in order to grasp the characteristics as well as rules of new soldiers' psychological changes. At the same time, in accordance with the arrangement of the brigade units, they gave lectures to officers and backbones on how to find out psychological problems and how to do mental work. Besides, they handed out a copy of Manual on Psychological Treatment to each backbone so as to take preventive measures beforehand. And the brigade purchased a psychological test instrument, and designed several hundred copies of psychological test questionnaires. New soldiers received psychological test as soon as they came. Then the leaders could know fairly well the psychological conditions of the new soldiers.

　　From the psychology work plan of the brigade, the reporter learned that psychological consultants would talk and communicate with new soldiers one by one, and find out their psychological problems in time. And then they would take positive actions in order to guide new soldiers into exercises with healthy, positive and sound psychological conditions.

　　By Gu Xuebing and Wu Jinxing

　　(December 10, PLA Daily)