Abstract: Objective To explore the effect of anti-terrorism practices on the psychological health of military policemen.Methods The health statement of 101 soldiers and officers who took part in the anti-terrorism practices was estimated with Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS).ResultsThe total raw score, positive titles average score and negative titles score of SAS of these military policemen were all higher than national norm ( PP<0.05). The total raw score and standrad score of SDS were also higher than national norm, but without statistical meaning( P>0.05); while, the scores of hopelessness and impractical life feeling were significantly lower than national norm ( P<0.01), the scores of apptite decreasing, the weight lighten, easy tired were significantly higher than national norm ( P<0.01).ConclusionThe military policemen have higher anxietical feeling and some level of somatizational depression.

Key words: anti-terrorism, military policemen, anxiety, depression