Useful Information and Tools
1 – Centre for Addiction and Mental Health website – Caffeine (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health)
→ Effects of caffeine, recommended intake, caffenated products and interactions with food/medication
2 – Centre for Addiction and Mental Health website – Addiction (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health)
→ Signs, causes and treatments for addiction (alcohol, drug and gambling)
3 – Daily alcohol diary (NHS, 2016)
→ Recommendations, goals, consumption diary
4 – Knowing Your Limits with Alcohol: A Practical Guide to Assessing Your Drinking (Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction, 2019)
→ Provides tips and guidance for individuals considering changing their alcohol consumption to a lower-risk level. This self-help resource can be used independently or with the guidance of a healthcare provider.
Organizations and Help Resources
1 – Drugs: Help and Referral (DAR) (MSSS)
→ Telephone service offering support, information and resources to people concerned with drug problems. Free, anonymous and confidential everwhere in Quebec.
Useful Information and Tools
1 – Make healthy meals with the Eat Well Plate (Government of Canada, 2019)
→ Healthy eating: practical tips and tricks for meals and snacks
2 – Canadian Food Guide (Government of Canada, 2019)
→ Planning and preparing balanced meals
Useful Information and Tools
1 – Exercise and activity information (Diabetes Canada, 2020)
→ Benefits and types of exercise, safety tips and tutorials.
2 – Fitness: Tips for staying motivated (Mayo Clinic, 2018)
→ Fitness is for life. Motivate yourself with these practical tips.
3 – Tips to get Active for adults 18-64 years (Public Health Agency of Canada, 2011)
→ Guideline, recommendations and tips to get active.
4 – ParticipACTION App (ParticipACTION, 2020)
→ Motivational content to stay active and healthy (at-home activities, outdoor workout videos, tips and tricks to get active, etc.).
Useful Information and Tools
1 – Making the most of your appointment with your doctor (Healthwise, 2018)
→ Tools to prepare a visit with your health professional (new problem, follow-up apoointment, etc.)
Useful Information and Tools
1 – Alternative and integrative medical society (AIMS) : Ressource Guide (AIMS, UBC, 2020)
→ Alphabetical list and description of complementary and alternative medicines (e.g., accupunture, meditation, etc.)
Useful Information and Tools
1 – What is insomnia and what can be done? (Canadian Sleep Society)
→ Information on insomnia and its treatments
2 – 32 Tips to Start Sleeping Better: Advice From the Top Sleep Researchers (Ryan Fiorenzi, 2020)
→ Information on healthy sleep and how to attain it
Useful Information and Tools
1 – Tips and Exercises to Help You Relax (University Health Network, 2018)
→ Contains some tips to help you relax, exercises that will help you relax, manage stress and lower anxiety and where you can find other helpful resources.
2 – Relaxing Exercises to Relieve Stress (University Health Network, 2014)
→ Learn ways to relax to help you manage stress and lower anxiety : deep breathing, relaxing your muscles, repeating words that make you feel relaxed, imagining relaxing images, etc.
Multimedia
1 – Exercises for Stress Reduction & Deep Relaxation – Part 1 of 4 – Introduction (UHN Toronto, 2011)
2 – How to reduce stress with progressive muscle relaxation (Hamilton Health Sciences, 2016)
Useful Information and Tools
1 – Suggestions for break time activities (Workplace Strategies for Mental Health, Canada Life, 2020)
→ Information and tips for either calming, energizing or relazing activities to do during a break