Effective implementation of the mental health education cannot simply rely on the psychological health education as it must be combined with other forms of education in colleges and universities, so as to achieve the desired results of education. Music education is a form of education school mental health education should be combined, which itself contains the value of mental health education, such as emotion regulation, emotional expression, spiritual purification and shaping the personality. Mental health education with the aid of the value of music education is carried out in colleges and universities. Based on the current domestic-related research on music education and mental health were reviewed and analyzed to explore the effect of music education on students' mental health.