Joanna Cheek is a psychiatrist in Victoria and clinical assistant professor at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine. She is a current fellow in the Dalla Lana Global Journalism Program.
Provincial governments cover only half of treatments for mental-health conditions. It’s not that the public system can’t afford to cover such services. It’s that we can’t afford not to.
As the social restrictions of COVID-19 have stalled many sex lives, they’ve also sparked a sexual revolution for others by encouraging conversations about sex and pleasure.
We are not hyper-rational beings who make decisions based on facts. Instead, we too often fall prey to misinformation from innumerable cultural, social and psychological forces that shape the decisions we make.