Stepping Away from Stigma

In today’s episode, AAI Program Manager and Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Katherine Palm, spoke with Andrea Wells, a psych nurse at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. She discusses the impact of stigma on addressing mental health needs in her practice and how these play into reducing firearm injury and suicide. She concludes by sharing how to build trust with patients and how to facilitate tough conversations with family members and friends who are closest to these situations.