Objective Through combinative study on symptom checklist 90 （ SCL-90 ） and the Chinese version of manual for mental health pattern （ MHP ）

to establish screening methods of mental sub-health state based on community people and evalu- ate reliability and validity of SCL-90and MHP scale

to provide the scientific basis of sub-health research.Methods To detect and deplete mental and psychological disease by SCL-90and MHP

which were as the screening criteria of mental sub-health people on either scale of SCL-90and MHP by using prospective cohort study method.Results Totally 1 590subjects were in- rolled through SCL-90

there were 772mental sub-health state in 1 101questionnaire.Through MHP

there were 491mental sub-health state in 1 103questionnaire.Compared to the diagnosis results of SCL-90and MHP

depleting the health state and state of the high tendency to psychological disease

depleting repeat diagnosis people of SCL-90and MHP

there were 989men- tal sub-health state in 1101questionnaire.The incidence rate of mental sub-health state was 89.83%.The Cronbach’sαcoeffi- cient of SCL-90and MHP was 0.97and 0.889respectively.Conclusion SCL-90and Chinese version of MHP could be used for screening mental sub-health subjects

and both scales are of good reliability.