Mental Health

Explore resources on mental health and sex, including the complex connections between behavioral health, mental illness, and sexual wellbeing. This category covers tools for managing sexual disorders and the impact of mental health issues, like anxiety, depression, bipolar and autism on relationships. Discover practical advice for fostering healthier, more fulfilling relationships.

Everything You Need To Know About OCD and Sex

Dr. Justin Lehmiller·February 10, 2025

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… OCD is a term that people often use casually. For instance, those...

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How Strongly Sex Dictates Your Career

Karolina Wilde and Stuart Nugent·January 22, 2025

✓ This article was first published in 2019 and most recently updated in 2025. Did you choose your career path,...

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How Depression Affects Sex Drive

Dr. Justin Lehmiller·January 19, 2025

Depression is one of the most common mood disorders. It’s estimated that 16% of the population will experience it during their lifetime, and it can have wide-ranging effects on people’s lives, including their sex lives. So what exactly is the...

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What Is Couples Therapy?

Natasha Weiss·January 6, 2025

Even the best of relationships take work, but having the right tools makes it that much easier – and more...

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Sex With Bipolar Disorder: What You Should Know

Karolina Wilde·October 24, 2024

For people with mental health disorders, sex and sexuality can come with a unique set of challenges. It’s possible to...

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What Sex Therapy Actually Looks Like

Natasha Weiss·July 8, 2024

Sex allows us to connect with our bodies and partners, experience deep pleasure, and create more joy in life. For many people, however, sex is far from straightforward. Luckily, there’s an industry of sexual and mental health professionals who are...

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Arousal Non-Concordance, Explained

Natasha Weiss·May 14, 2024

The human sexual response cycle is a complex phenomenon and is often more complicated than people make it out to...

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Educational Tool for Sexual Anxiety

Karolina Wilde·May 2, 2024

Low body image and sexual performance anxiety are common, yet unlikely topics of discussion. And not talking about them only...

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No Strings? The Effects Of Casual Sex On Your Mental Health

Stuart Nugent and Dr. Laurie Mintz·April 13, 2024

Fact: We’re having sex earlier and getting married older. That means there are more years between adolescence and commitment for most of us, leaving more time for sexual adventure and casual hook-ups. Like it or loathe it, that’s the way...

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