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Kim Palchikoff, BA, MA, LMSW, speaker (born October 11, 1968) is an American licensed master social worker and an award-winning non-fiction and features, freelance writer covering mental health issues and lives in Reno, Nevada.
Early life, education and career
editAs a young child, Palchikoff attended a boarding school in Israel. She returned to the United States to pursue a Bachelor's degree in American Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz. (1990) Palchikoff earned masters’ degrees in both adult education and social work from the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) (2021).
Her career as a writer/researcher began in Moscow, Russia, where she lived from 1990 to 2000. While in Russia, Palchikoff worked as a freelance researcher and writer for NBC, the Moscow Times, and the Los Angeles Times. Later, Palchikoff became a features writer for Newsweek magazine, Moscow Bureau, writing about the Russian circus. As a freelance writer, she focused on the stories of everyday Russians. As a writer, Palchikoff's opinion and feature articles have appeared in regional newspapers in Nevada, as well as in the New York Times.
Palchikoff is currently the host of the Podcast No Stigma Nevada.
Notable Information
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On February 9th, 2026, Palchikoff was appointed to the Washoe Regional Behavioral Health Policy Board 2026-2028. Washoe County is the second most populous county in Nevada, and Palchikoff’s position on the board for The Washoe Behavioral Health Region reaches a large number of people living with mental health issues.
As a person living with bipolar disorder, Palchikoff advocates for mental health awareness and regularly gives presentations for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), "the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization". (over 220,000 members) Her most recent presentation was on February 26th, 2026.
Bibliography
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- July 6, 2003 - The New York Times - BASEBALL; Russia Discovers Another Pastime
- November 28, 2010 - The New York Times - Synchronized Swimming as a Show
- May 28, 2011 - The New York Times - The Icons That Survived Hiroshima
- May 16, 2012 - The New York Times - Walking the Cold War Tightrope
- March 21, 2013 - The New York Times - His Work is the Cat's Meow
- June 7, 2015 - Las Vegas Sun - Jail alternative is no free pass
- April 17, 2015 - Las Vegas Sun - Why the Mentally Ill Turn to Each Other for Help
- May 30, 2016 - Las Vegas Sun - Many suffer with improper mental health treatment
- June 19, 2017 - Las Vegas Sun - Trailblazing Nevada attorney speaks to women in politics and the state’s big challenges
- May 19, 2020 - Pahrump Valley Times - Curbside Nevada: A helpline for doctors, by doctors
- May 28, 2020 - Pahrump Valley Times - NO STIGMA NEVADA: Carson City therapist: How to deal with stress and despair
- July 17, 2020 - Reno Gazette Journal - The 'talk' everyone needs to have
- Feb. 26, 2024 - Reno Gazette Journal - Discovery Museum offers up refreshing exhibit on mental health
- May 24, 2024 - Reno Gazette Journal - Raise a glass to veterans, those we've lost on Memorial Day weekend
Podcast/Talks/Webinars
April 10, 2023 - start of podcast series - No Stigma Nevada
February 26, 2024 - Discovery Museum - Mental Health Expo - Participating Experts
September 12, 2025 - Center for the Application of Substance Abuse Technologies (CASAT) - "The Latest Treatments in Adult Bipolar Disorder Evaluation Results"[1]
January 21, 2026 - UNR zoom webinar - Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) - "From Moscow to Monte Carlo: On the Road with the Moscow Circus."[2]
Interviews
Podcast takes aim at stigma surround mental health in Nevada. Las Vegas-Review Journal[3].
When it comes to mental health, advocates say Nevada is still living with COVID’s legacy - KUNR[4]
Mental Health Advocates want More Access to Care - KUNR[5]
Metro Moscow - Free Newspaper published and distributed in Moscow[6]
2008 UNR English Department Award - Best Writing About Nevada (1st Place)
2010 Nevada Humanities Grant - Year-long Oral History Research Project
2011 Nevada Press Association Award - Best Freelance Article (2nd Place)
2016 Nevada Humanities Grant - Mental Health Research Project
2017-2021 Nevada Psychiatric Association - Mental Health Writing Grant
2018 Nevada Press Association Award - Best Explanatory Journalism (2nd Place)
2020 UNR Graduate Student Association, Research and Travel Grant
2020, 2024, 2025 Nevada Arts Council, Project Grants
See also
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edit- ↑ Avalon, Hope (September 12, 2025). "The Latest Treatments in Adult Bipolar Disorder: Self-Paced Online Course". CASAT Learning School of Public Health. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Dickey, Laura (January 21, 2026). "From Moscow to Monte Carlo: On the Road with the Moscow Circus". UNR - zoom. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Przybys, John (September 22, 2023). "Podcast takes aim at stigma surrounding mental health in Nevada". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
- ↑ Johnson, Bert (June 21, 2023). "When it comes to mental health, advocates say Nevada is still living with COVID's legacy". Retrieved January 27, 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Starbuck, Lucia (May 13, 2024). "Mental health advocates want more access to care and less stigma in Northern Nevada". Retrieved February 8, 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Zavgorodnyaya, Daria (February 18, 2025). "American journalist Kim Palchikoff, who lived in Moscow for 10 years, is writing a book about Russian circus arts..." Metro Moscow. Retrieved February 8, 2026.
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