Health & Wellness Resources

Town of Acton services

Acton Community Services Coordinator

Acton Council on Aging

Acton Nursing Service

Acton Public Health Department

Acton Veterans Services

 

Crisis Intervention and Referrals

GET HELP: Crisis Intervention Hotlines and Health and Wellness Referrals

 

Books and other media in the Minuteman Catalog:

Aging

Alcohol and substance abuse

Back care

Bone health

Brain fitness

Diabetes

Eating and cooking for health

• Gluten-free diet
• Low-carbohydrate diet
• Low-cholesterol diet
• Low-fat diet
• Low-salt diet

Environmental health

Exercise

• Exercise DVDs
• Pilates
• Tai chi

Heart health

Lyme disease

Meditation

• Meditation CDs

Mental health  (see also  GET HELP: Crisis Intervention Hotlines and Health and Wellness Referrals)

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Eating disorders
• Self esteem
• Stress management
• Suicide and Suicide prevention

Sleep and Sleep disorders

Violence in relationships: Family violence and Dating violence

Yoga

Weight control

 

Databases

"Gale Health and Wellness" and other health databases (scroll down to "Health and Medicine").

 

For assistance with these or any other library resources, please contact the reference staff at:  reference@acton-ma.gov, or telephone  978-929-6543.

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