Help Musicians UK has released the final findings and recommendations of its research into mental health in the industry.

UK independent music charity Help Musicians UK has released the final report and findings from its Music and Depression (MAD) Campaign, which saw data collected through a 2016 survey – Can Music Make You Sick? – of over 2,200 musicians. The organisation has also announced three key pledges for the music industry in the UK, including building a music industry Mental Health Taskforce, delivering a nationwide mental health support service named Music Minds Matter, to be launched in December this year, and advocating for change across the music industry.

This latest research, which is the final study to emerge from the MAD campaign and has been published by MusicTank, was conducted by Sally Gross and Dr George Musgrave from the University of Westminster and drew on semi-structured interviews with 26 respondents – from across the music industry – taken from last year’s survey, which also included case studies, including British concert pianist James Rhodes as a representative of classical music. This new study follows on from the earlier research by delving deeper into what it is specifically that is affecting...