The period of college students is a high incidence age for bipolar disorder. Strong fluctuations and fluctuating emotional experiences, fluctuating between manic and depressive states, can cause serious damage to the physical and mental health of college students. This study proposes specific measures and suggestions for prevention education and crisis intervention to address bipolar disorder among college students.

80 patients with bipolar disorder who underwent psychological treatment in a certain school hospital were selected as the research subjects and randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, with 40 patients in each group. The control group received routine education, while the observation group received health education based on the control group. SPSS analysis was conducted to compare the significant differences in emotional intelligence levels, Hamilton Depression Scale, and Young Mania Scale between two groups of patients before and after intervention.

The results showed that after the intervention, the total scores on the emotional intelligence scale and emotional perception, as well as the scores of self-emotional management and others’ management dimensions in the observation group were higher than those in the control group. However, there was no statistically significant difference in the scores of emotional utilization dimensions between the two groups. The Hamilton Depression Scale and Young Mania Scale scores in the observation group were lower than those in the control group (t=2.951, P=0.004; t=3.893, P<0.001).

Health education can effectively improve the emotional intelligence level of patients with bipolar disorder, help improve emotions, and reduce their manic and depressive levels.