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http://imt.net/~randolfi/StressPage.html
Optimal Health Concepts is a company that offers health education and
health promotion consulting services to corporations, educational institutions,
and individuals. Check out the 'Assorted Stress & Emotional Health Quotes'
section - a useful resource if you are preparing a training session
on stress management. The 'Optimal Health Concepts Bookstore' is useful
too. Links: Good links to additional resources.
http://stress.jrn.columbia.edu/
This page is a good one! It was produced by the 1998 New Media Workshop
at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. The main menu
on the home page is set out like a 'Monopoly' board game. The site offers
a brief history of stress study, and reports and information about stress
management methods (sports, toys, pharmaceuticals…). The site also offers
some fun games and stress quizzes.
http://www.isma.org.uk
UK branch of ISMA (International Stress Management Association).
This site is really a good source of information. The 'Conferences &
Events' section presents details of forthcoming conferences. The 'Stress
News' section has articles covering a wide range of stress-related topics.
The 'Need Help With Stress?' section offers two articles full of tips
and advice on how to deal with stress. There is a "Useful Books" section
also. Links: To 'General Information' and 'ISMA members pages'.
http://www.stress-management-isma.org
American branch of the ISMA. There is plenty of information on
this site, including useful tips in the 'Feature Articles' section (http://www.stress-management-isma.org/features.html).
However, the site is more marketing-oriented than the UK branch. The
site is not easy to navigate.
http://www.virtualpsych.com/stress/challengebeliefs.htm
This site was developed by Scott Wallace, who has a Ph.D. in clinical
psychology, and who currently works as a consultant in the health industry.
It gives a comprehensive overview of different stress-related concepts
(symptoms, the fight or flight model, and so on), as well as tips and
advice on managing stress. The site also has other sections dealing
with 'depression', 'love and family', 'spirit and well-being' and 'the
workplace'. Various freebies such as quizzes or exercises are also offered:
http://www.virtualpsych.com/stress/quiz_of_lifestyle.htm
http://www.virtualpsych.com/stress/balancexercise.htm
http://www.mindtools.com/smpage.html
A page in Mind Tools web site. This company provides software
and information designed to help people use their minds "more productively
and more effectively". For more information, see http://www.mindtools.com/mindtool.html.
You can download shareware software, and the site contains many resources
for stress management, time management, planning skills and so on. The
stress management page presents a useful article entitled 'Mastering
Stress' with tips for stress-free living.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/cmha.toronto/stressa.htm
Metro Toronto Branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA).
The CMHA is a national network with 135 branches in communities throughout
Canada. It is dedicated to the promotion of the mental health of all
people, and to ensuring the provision of the best possible services
for people with mental health problems. This site contains an interesting
section on stress management entitled 'Coping with Stress' Click on
http://www3.sympatico.ca/cmha.toronto/stressa.htm
for an online guide: the "Online Stress First Aid Kit".
http://www.futurehealth.org/stresscn.htm
This is a commercial site developed by 'Futurehealth Inc'. http://www.futurehealth.org/stresscn.htm
provides quotations, as well as the usual stress management and relaxation
tips, some articles and links. The 'Low $ Stress Tools' page http://www.futurehealth.org/stressma.htm
is full of interesting information for the trainer about the gadgets
and tools sold on the stress management market such as 'Stress Check
Cards' or 'Stress Control Biofeedback Kits'. The layout of this site
is confusing, and navigation poor: Scrolling needed.
http://www.lessons4living.com/
This site was developed by Dan Johnston, a clinical psychologist who
has been providing counselling and teaching for over twenty-five years.
The site contains many interesting sections. There is a stress test
that measures the impact of stress on your life http://www.lessons4living.com/stress_test.htm,
a discussion forum and a "book store" that presents Dan's favourite
books and videos with links for each item to Amazon.com so you can order
online. Only 6 stress-related links are presented in the links section.
The 'Managing Stress' section (http://www.lessons4living.com/stress%20topics.htm)
presents an interesting discussion about the effects of technology on
stress. The site offers free stress management lessons (http://www.lessons4living.com/relax1.htm).
It also offers slide shows and audio files relating to the topics being
discussed, especially in the 'Lessons for Living' section (http://www.lessons4living.com/wmaz.htm).
http://www.ibak.com
This is the site of ibak.com, an online shop selling herbal-based
products (sprays…) aimed at helping people manage their stress. The
site provides 'quick fix stress tips for busy people' and focuses on
breathing techniques and exercises. For an example, see 'PRANAYAMA',
an ancient breathing technique that helps to reduce stress and manage
emotions: http://msnhomepages.talkcity.com/RightWay/ariback/pagetwo.html.
The site gives
the trainer a good insight into breathing techniques and is useful if
he/she wishes to specialise in this field, or needs to gather information
about it. There is also a chatroom, at http://msnhomepages.talkcity.com/RightWay/ariback/chatpage.html.
http://www.learnwell.org/~edu/stress.shtml
This is the site of LearnWell Resources, Inc., a Californian
non-profit public service and benefit corporation that aims at improving
and extending education. To that extent, it offers free online courses
in numerous subjects. The site offers many courses on health, ethics
and study skills. They can be taken for fun (free) or for approved Continuing
Education certificates. One of the courses is dedicated to stress management
and is entitled 'Less Stress' (see at http://www.learnwell.org/stress.htm).
There are good links, and a quiz that you can take online.
http://www.stresstips.com/
This is the commercial site of Townsend International Pty Ltd.
This company provides training services throughout Australia and overseas
Although it is a business-oriented web site, it contains a many pieces
of good information. There are an article about stress, written in a
scientific style, and many methods (see the amusing but effective tombstone
method at http://www.stresstips.com/tombstone.html),
tips and stress evaluation tests and quizzes. The site also offers many
freebies such as: A free relaxation cassette (http://www.stresstips.com/cassette.html),
Poetry (http://www.gday-mate.com/achiever/northwestern.htm),
Free Internet tools (http://www.gday-mate.com/free_internet_tools/)
A free subscription to a weekly mailing list that provides tips on stress
management (http://www.gday-mate.com/mailinglist/newsletter.cfm).
http://www.stressrelease.com/index.html
This is the site of Stress Release Health Enterprises. It offers tips,
advice and explanations about stress management in reviews of articles
and books you can order online. There is also a 'Questions and Answers'
section that deals with a new question each month.
http://www.lindaland.com/DPPD
Site of Daley Positive Personal Development, an Australian company.
Two features make this site really worth visiting. First, it offers
free regularly-updated and revised books on stress management and related
subjects that you can download. See the contents of the book on stress
management at http://www.lindaland.com/DPPD/.
There is also a basic introduction to Biofeedback at http://www.lindaland.com/DPPD/freeframe.htm
http://www.concord.edu/~olpin/relax.html
This is the site of Dr. Michael Olpin. Dr. Olpin is a Professor in the
Department of Health and Physical Education at the Concord College in
the U.S.A. He has conducted stress management seminars at the community,
state, and national level. This site has some interesting stress-related
facts and figures.
http://www.teachhealth.com/
This site was created by Steve L. Burns. It is entitled 'The Medical
Basis of Stress, Depression, Anxiety, Sleep Problems, and Drug Use'
. It gives a comprehensive overview of what stress is and how to deal
with it. It also gives a checklist for handling stress: http://www.teachhealth.com/dealwith.html#checklist
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