Kim Palchikoff
Podcast host and author
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The No Stigma Nevada podcast is the first of its kind in the Silver State.

Its goal is to have an educational, problem-solving conversation with our state's mental health professionals, students, patients and other Nevadans.

It's a place to listen, learn and get a better understanding of the human condition.
In Nevada there are two main counties, Clark County and Washoe County. There are 15 other rural counties that lack mental health services. They don't even have psychiatric hospitals.Dr. Barry Cole
Nevada Psychiatrist and Pain Medicine SpecialistListen to the podcast
Frankie Sue Del Papa, JD
Nevada Attorney General 1991-2003There is a natural tendency to reach out to younger elected officials, to provide counseling. It's a wonderful thing.Listen to the podcast
Dr. Jami Woods, MD
Psychiatrist and Transgender ExpertFor those of us who know inside that we are trans, a much harder life is going to be had if we don't follow our own authenticity.Listen to the podcast
What we lack in Nevada is those graduate medical education opportunities. So we're putting an enormous investment and training Doc's only to see them leave the state because those residency and fellowship opportunities don't exist here.John Packham, PhD
Associate Dean of the Nevada Office of Statewide InitiativesListen to the podcast
I'm in recovery from a very traumatic event. I believe that if more of us healed loudly the stigma attached to mental health care would shrink.Max Carter
Nevada State Assemblyman (D-Las Vegas)Listen to the podcast
You could not say that the majority of mass shooters
have lost touch with reality. Usually these people have decided
that they can't live anymore. They're so full of hatred that
they also want to inflict pain on other people.Joe Simpson, MD
Nevada Forensic PsychiatristListen to the podcast
Dr. John Westhoff
Emergency Medicine Physician and Epidemiologist Interim Chair, University of Nevada, Reno, Internal Medicine DepartmentIt's not uncommon for a psychiatric patient in Nevada to spend six days in an emergency room.Listen to the podcast

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The No Stigma Nevada podcast is the first of its kind in the Silver State.

Its goal is to have an educational, problem-solving conversation with our state's mental health professionals, students, patients and other Nevadans.

It's a place to listen, learn and get a better understanding of the human condition.
In Nevada there are two main counties, Clark County and Washoe County. There are 15 other rural counties that lack mental health services. They don't even have psychiatric hospitals.Dr. Barry Cole
Nevada Psychiatrist and Pain Medicine SpecialistListen to the podcast
Frankie Sue Del Papa, JD
Nevada Attorney General 1991-2003There is a natural tendency to reach out to younger elected officials, to provide counseling. It's a wonderful thing.Listen to the podcast
Dr. Jami Woods, MD
Psychiatrist and Transgender ExpertFor those of us who know inside that we are trans, a much harder life is going to be had if we don't follow our own authenticity.Listen to the podcast
I'm in recovery from a very traumatic event. I believe that if more of us healed loudly the stigma attached to mental health care would shrink.Max Carter
Nevada State Assemblyman (D-Las Vegas)Listen to the podcast
You could not say that the majority of mass shooters have lost touch with reality. Usually these people have decided that they can't live anymore. They're so full of hatred that they also want to inflict pain on other people.Joe Simpson, MD
Nevada Forensic PsychiatristListen to the podcast
What we lack in Nevada is those graduate medical education opportunities. So we're putting an enormous investment and training Doc's only to see them leave the state because those residency and fellowship opportunities don't exist here.Listen to the podcastJohn Packham, PhD
Associate Dean of the Nevada Office of Statewide Initiatives
Dr. John Westhoff
Emergency Medicine Physician and Epidemiologist Interim Chair, University of Nevada, Reno, Internal Medicine DepartmentIt's not uncommon for a psychiatric patient in Nevada to spend six days in an emergency room.Listen to the podcast

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No Stigma Nevada podcast tackles mental health issues