Abstract:Destructive earthquake produced serious mental stress on the people in the stricken areas and rescuing staffs while life and properties were lost due to the quake.Psychological assistance will play an important role in the reconstruction after the disaster.Various kinds of psychological disorders could happen after the disaster,some of them may suffer from long-term psychological diseases.Psychological assistance needs to follow scientific methodology with organized and systematic plan.This paper introduces the present status of the development of psychological assistance after disasters and related research in other countries,and recalls the studies in this respect in China.Suggestions on psychological asssistance after Wen Chuan earthquake are proposed.