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ObjectiveTo investigate the mental health condition of college students during the Corona Virus Disease 2019 （COVID-19） ， and to provide accurate basis for their psychological intervention.MethodsThrough the way of electronic questionnaire， questionnaire star as tools， random investigation of college students in a university in Sichuan. Self-rating Anxiety Scale （SAS）， Self-rating Depression Scale （SDS） and Somatization Symptom Scale （SSS） were used to evaluate their anxiety， depression and somatization symptoms. At the same time， a self-made questionnaire was used to investigate their styles of help seeking， and the relationships between them.ResultsA total of 551 valid questionnaires were collected， including 4.90% of anxiety symptoms， 28.68% of depression and 17.97% of somatization symptoms. In terms of somatization， the detection rate was higher in urban college students than those in rural （23.35% vs. 13.27%， P<0.05）， non-medical students was higher than medical students （21.40% vs. 13.89%， P<0.05）. Women's SSS score was higher than men's ［（26.51 ± 5.44） vs. （25.27 ± 5.78）］， urban college students' SSS score were higher than rural ［（26.69 ± 5.98） vs. （25.38 ± 5.12）］， and non-medical students’ SSS score were higher than medical students ［（26.65 ± 5.59） vs. （25.21 ± 5.45）］， and the differences were statistically significant （P<0.05）. Partial correlation analysis showed that SSS score was positively correlated with SAS score （r=0.110， P=0.010） and negatively correlated with SDS score （r=-0.087， P=0.042）. The top three common ways of help-seeking pattern among college students were self-regulation （81.85%）， talking to family or friends （70.78%） and offline psychological counseling （28.31%）.ConclusionUnder the COVID-19 epidemic， the detection rate of depressive symptoms and somatization symptoms of college students is high. The detection rate of somatization symptoms of female， urban and non-medical college students is high. Self-regulation and talking to family or friends are the main psychological styles of help seeking for college students.