Depression poses a serious threat to the physical and mental health of students. Music and ideology courses have an important position in college education, which is significant for improving the mental health of students.

100 college students with depression were selected for the study. They were randomly divided into an experimental group and a control group, with 50 people in each group. The experimental group received music and ideology and politics curriculum reform based on sound personality cultivation; the control group received traditional music and ideology and politics curriculum education. The Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD) and Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA) were used to assess before treatment, after treatment and during the follow-up period, respectively, and the data were analyzed by using SPSS23.0.

The mean HAMD scores of the experimental and control groups decreased by 9.8 and 7.3 points after treatment, respectively. The mean HAMA score decreased by 6.8 and 5.2 points in the experimental and control groups, respectively. During the post-treatment follow-up period, the symptoms of depression and anxiety in the experimental group continued to improve while the symptoms in the control group rebounded, and the results showed that the difference was significant (P<0.05).

The reform of music and ideology courses in colleges and universities based on the cultivation of sound personality has a positive impact on the treatment of students’ depression and has a positive role in promoting the improvement of students’ mental health.

The 8th Teaching and Research Project of Hulunbuir University in 2021, No. JYZC2021001.