BLOGS

Bustle: What to do if you see someone posting suicidal thoughts on social media according to experts.

Read more here: https://www.bustle.com/p/what-to-do-if-you-see-someone-posting-suicidal-thoughts-on-social-media-according-to-experts-15534907

Dr. Paige receiving award

Atlanta’s Melinda Paige Earns Professional Development Award, June 1, 2018

Argosy University, Atlanta faculty member Melinda Paige recently received the national Professional Development Award from the American Counseling Association (ACA). She received the honor at a ceremony at the ACA Conference.

Read here:
https://www.argosy.edu/news-events/atlanta-s-melinda-paige-earns-professional-development-award

Eater: Why diners are willing to go the distance for a reservation. By Deborah Lev-Tov.

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https://www.eater.com/ad/17609836/dining-experience-journey-taste

Bustle: What to do if news about suicide is triggering for you or a loved one according to experts.

Read here:
https://www.bustle.com/p/what-to-do-if-news-about-suicide-is-triggering-for-you-a-loved-one-according-to-experts-9342639

How Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Uses Unbridled Optimism & Sunny Colors To Tell The Darkest Story On TV. Refinery29, Meghan Demaria, May 17, 2017.

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http://www.refinery29.com/2017/05/154007/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt-colors-contrast-ptsd-abuse

Why the Poor Really Turn to Drugs: And why the ‘bad kids’ at school act as they do. Lifezette, Jennifer Fallon, November 17, 2016.

Read here:
https://www.lifezette.com/healthzette/why-the-poor-really-turn-drugs/

Dr. Melinda Paige, assistant professor in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Argosy University, Atlanta, was recently a guest expert on Georgia Public Broadcasting’s “On Second Thought.” The show featured an in-depth interview with Dr. Page, filmmaker Alix Blair, and Jon Jackson—a Georgia veteran who started a farm and suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Dr. Paige discussed how farming can help veterans to cope with PTSD.

Read here:
https://www.argosy.edu/news-events/argosy-university-atlanta-instructor-featured-on-georgia-public-broadcastings-on-second-thought

NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO & PODCASTS

The nation is still learning more details from Sunday’s mass shooting in Las Vegas — the deadliest mass shooting in modern history — where a gunman fired into a crowd of music festival attendees along the Las Vegas Strip, killing more than 50 people and wounding more than 500. Prior to that, the nation was focused on natural disasters, like hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, as it ravaged parts of the US. Dr. Melinda Page, clinical mental health counseling professor, offers guidance and suggestions to cope with these tragedies.

Listen here:
https://www.wabe.org/episode/closer-look-atlanta-mayoral-candidate-peter-aman-ga-attorney-general-chris-carr/

Closer Look: Remembering Prince; That Pepsi Ad; And More: Behavior expert Dr. Melinda Paige describes the steps people should take to counter the stress they might have after the Interstate 85 collapse.

Listen here:
http://news.wabe.org/post/closer-look-remembering-prince-pepsi-ad-and-more

NPR morning radio show, On Second Thought, Adam Ragusea. The show features veterans who return home from war and become farmers with trauma subject matter expert, Dr. Melinda Paige.

Listen here:
http://www.gpbnews.org/post/veterans-return-home-find-comfort-farm

Phil Hulett and Friends. Dr. Melinda Paige explains why people lie. In the interview, we discussed how lying is tied to stress, safety and survival.

Listen here:
http://philhulettandfriends.com/episode-290-part-2-you-are-a-liar/

The Reframe: Re-authoring Stories of Shame and Guilt with Dr. Melinda Paige

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION

Paige, Melinda, Competencies in trauma counseling: A qualitative investigation of the knowledge, skills and attitudes required of trauma-competent counselors. Dissertation, Georgia State University, 2015.

Read here:
http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cps_diss/109/

Trauma Competent Counselor

NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES & MEDIA

I-85 Bridge Reopening May Be Just What The Doctor Ordered

Read more here: https://www.wsbradio.com/news/local/bridge-reopening-may-just-what-the-doctor-ordered/G4fqbH5mn3V3jpVINCTYwL/amp.html

Glamour: Stay at home mom depression is real and women are finally talking about it.

Read more here:  https://www.glamour.com/story/stay-at-home-mom-depression-is-realand-women-are-finally-talking-about-it

Glamour: How to spot signs of suicide and what you can do to help.

Read here:
https://www.glamour.com/story/how-to-spot-signs-of-suicide-what-you-can-do-to-help

Counseling Today: A publication of the American Counseling Association. Putting PTSD treatment on a faster track. By Bethany Bray

Read here:
https://ct.counseling.org/2018/08/putting-ptsd-treatment-on-a-faster-track/

Why did Ryan Lochte lie? Local experts point to stress, guilt and fear. Leslie Gray Streeter. Palm Beach Post and Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Read here:
http://www.ajc.com/news/national/why-did-ryan-lochte-lie-experts-point-stress-guilt-fear/KIgOOgAxkng6uV5hb1SlzL/

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