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CJOB Host: Hal Anderson

 ​Dr. Syras Derksen visits CTV news to talk about youth mental health! Depression has increased significantly over the decades and our ways of communicating have changed as well. Listen to the clip to see how this has affected workplaces, how social media has changed perceptions, and some tips on having a good day off! Click

Having a baby can make a huge difference in a woman’s life, from joy and excitement to fear and anxiety.  Such changes are enough to stress out even the most prepared of us. Plus, with sleep difficulty and challenging hormonal changes,  many new moms can find themselves unmotivated at times. It’s completely normal and prevalent.

Medication is usually the primary method of defence for most people when they suffer from anxiety or depression. However, this doesn’t work for all people. Only 1/3 receive total relief from medication alone. So what can the other 66%  of people do? A new piece of a study examined whether therapy can replace medication. The

Watching pornography changes how men think, their attitude, commitment to relationships, sexuality,  and the likelihood to be aggressive towards women. According to recent research, pornography has multiple adverse effects on users. In this article, we’ll only discuss the effects of pornography on men. Women, in contrast, are not so much involved in pornography, and the

Financial cheating is common and one of the destroyers of relationships. Apparently, one-third of people in relationships with joint accounts report lying in some way to their partner about finances. This may cause quarrels, separations, or even divorce. Financial challenges in relationships have become so rampant that researchers have termed them “sexually transmitted debt.” Financial

We can now see narcissism in the brain. A brain scan of people with Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) shows less brain matter in areas associated with emotional empathy. Actually, this is the first time anyone has seen the proof of narcissism in brain structures. One of the hallmarks of NPD is the inability to feel