In the context of the intelligent era, college students' mental health issues show new trends due to information overload, dependence on virtual social interactions, and intensified employment pressure. The traditional mental health education model is difficult to meet the needs due to limitations such as narrow coverage, weak interactivity, and low efficiency. Promoting digital transformation has become an inevitable choice. Based on the theoretical framework of digital empowerment theory and mental health education theory, this paper explores from two dimensions: model innovation and practical paths. It constructs a hierarchical and distributed digital platform (including user management, course resources, psychological assessment and other modules), integrates online and offline courses, case databases, knowledge base resources, and develops new resources such as multimedia courses, virtual simulation experiments and mobile applications. It innovates big data personalized teaching, AI interactive teaching, VR experiential teaching methods to improve the accuracy and participation of education. The practical paths include technology research and development and integration, data security protection, improvement of teachers' digital literacy and enhancement of students' cognition. The research shows that digital transformation breaks through the limitations of time and space through technology empowerment, realizes resource sharing, precise intervention and efficient services, and provides a feasible solution for the high-quality development of college students' mental health education.

Xiaojin Wang, Fang Jiang, Lan Luo, Haibing Li, Weiyu Jiang, Xunbing Shen. Digital Transformation of College Students' Mental Health Education in the Intelligent Era: Model Innovation and Practical Exploration. International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology (2025), Vol. 7, Issue 5: 8-18. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFS.2025.070502.

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