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Keep Calm & Sleep On

Education and Practical Strategies

A virtual program presented by:


Registered Occupational Therapist
Registered Social Worker
Registered Pharmacists

Resources

All About Sleep


In this video, Marina explains the foundations of sleep, busts common sleep myths, and breaks down the three key systems that regulate sleep:

  1. Sleep Drive

  2. Biological Clock

  3. Arousal System





Calming The Busy Mind


In this video, our social worker Massina explores the connection between our thoughts and sleep. She explains how worry, stress, and unrealistic expectations can interfere with sleep—and how to manage these thoughts effectively. You'll also learn practical strategies to calm your mind.





Treatment of Insomnia And Role of Medication


In this video, our pharmacists explore the different treatment options for insomnia, focusing on the role of medications. They explain how sleep aids work, when they may be helpful, and the risks and benefits

involved. You'll also learn how medications fit within a broader treatment plan like CBT-I and how to use them safely.



Additional Resource List

Sleep Hygiene & Habits

Monitoring Your Sleep

Cognitive Arousal Strategies

Physiological Strategies

Books

  • Sink into Sleep. A Step-by-Step Workbook for Reversing Insomnia

  • Quiet your Mind and Get to Sleep: Solutions to Insomnia for those with Depression, Anxiety or Chronic Pain

  • The Insomnia Workbook

  • Good night mind

Online Resources

Apps you might be interested in trying:

  • CBTi Coach

  • Calm

  • Simple Habit

  • Headspace

  • Stop, breathe, and think

  • Free Mindfulness Links


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Doctor's Clinic

  • 366 Main Street North, Suite 201, Brampton, ON L6V 1P8

Family Health Team

  • 366 Main Street North, Suite 203, Brampton, ON L6V 1P8

  • 36 Vodden Street East, Suite 307, Brampton, ON L6V 4H4

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Queen Square Family Health Team operates on the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. We acknowledge the territory of the Anishinabek, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Ojibway/Chippewa peoples; the land that is home to the Métis and, most recently, the territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation who are direct descendants of the Mississaugas of the Credit. We are grateful to have the opportunity to work with and serve the people who inhabit this land, and by doing so, give our respect to its first inhabitants.

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