MUSIC ENGAGEMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH 1 Mental Health and Music Engagement: Review, Framework, and Guidelines for Future Studies Daniel E. Gustavson, Ph.D.1,2, Peyton L. Coleman, B. S.3, John R. Iversen, Ph.D.4, Hermine H. Maes, Ph.D.5,6,7, Reyna L. Gordon2,3,8,9, and Miriam Lense, Ph.D.2,8,9 1 Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 2 Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 3 Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 4 Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience, Institute for Neural Computation, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 5 Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 6 Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 7 Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 8 Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 9 The Curb Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Correspondence Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Daniel Gustavson, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2215 Garland Ave, 511H Light Hall, Nashville, TN, 37232. E-mail:
[email protected]. Phone: 615-936-2660. ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1470-4928. Conflicts of Interest The authors report no conflicts of interest MUSIC ENGAGEMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH 2 Abstract Is engaging with music good for your mental health? This question has long been the topic of empirical clinical and nonclinical investigations, with studies indicating positive associations between music engagement and quality of life, reduced depression or anxiety symptoms, and less frequent substance use.