5 Psychological Facts about Sex & Mental Health

Mental health and sex are strongly connected in many fascinating ways. With our sex life, affecting our mental health and our mental health affecting our sex life, there are a lot of interesting facts to learn about the two together. Our mental health play a large part in how we experience sex and vice versa. So, in this video, we'll be exploring five psychological facts about sex and mental health.

We also made a video on the benefits of sex here:    • How Sex Can Benefit Your Mental Health   Be sure to check it out!


Script Writer: Michal Mitchell
Script Editor: Caitlin McColl
Script Manager: Kelly Soong
Voice Over: Drew Baillie
Animator: Julie Ma
YouTube Manager: Cindy Cheong

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