Can Music Make you Sick?

From dubstep to orchestral players, stories of instances of psychological and emotional turmoil experienced by musicians as well as other members of the musical supply-chain are commonplace. The University of Westminster’s industry-wide study on the incidence of mental health and musicians by Sally-Anne Gross and Dr. George Musgrave has been reaching out to stakeholders across a broad age and genre range in pursuit of a more inclusive and holistic reflection of the state of musicians’ mental health and industry practice. This week has seen the release of the projects phase one report. Already showing fascinating findings, the report has been picked up by media across the country, including BBC Breakfast, MixMag, Vice, BBC3, The Line of Best Fit and PRS’s M Magazine.

The stage one report can be downloaded from the projects dedicated website: http://musicanddepression.org.uk/study/

.@adele, @springsteen & @ZaynMalik have all spoken about anxiety & panic attacks – why do so many musicians suffer mental health problems? pic.twitter.com/1aVQVdDG3a

— BBC Breakfast (@BBCBreakfast) November 1, 2016

.@HelpMusiciansUK study reveals that musicians are 3 times more likely to be ill than general public >> https://t.co/VgSUx5JOvZ #MADforHMUK

— M Magazine (@M_magazinePRS) November 1, 2016

More than 2,200 people in the industry were spoken to about their mental health. https://t.co/C9pz47XUiy

— BBC Three (@bbcthree) November 1, 2016

A new @HelpMusiciansUK study finds that musicians are three times more susceptible to mental illness https://t.co/qEh6JnX9bS pic.twitter.com/wdOv1kAv3n

— Mixmag (@Mixmag) November 1, 2016

Biggest ever study of its kind shows 71% of musicians experience anxiety and panic attackshttps://t.co/YX5vyskEEe pic.twitter.com/dS5PJL89gO

— NOISEY (@NoiseyMusic) November 1, 2016

71% of musicians have suffered from anxiety and panic attacks, finds new study published by @HelpMusiciansUK https://t.co/juWAz1180v pic.twitter.com/rG6bnZMjyc

— THE LINE of BEST FIT (@bestfitmusic) November 2, 2016