Real Talk with CA Bridge – Arianna’s Story: That 'meth head' is my sister

Arianna Sampson, Physician Assistant & Principal Investigator with the CA Bridge Program (BridgeToTreatment.org), shares an experience with stigma and how it changed her own approach to patient care.

Show Notes

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The Real Talk with CA Bridge series was recorded during an online Real Talk session with the CA Bridge Program Team.

CA Bridge is a program of the Public Health Institute working to ensure that people with substance use disorder receive 24/7 high-quality care in every California health system. CA Bridge integrates addiction treatment into standard medical practice, increasing access to treatment and saving more lives. Learn more at BridgeToTreatment.org.

For more information and resources on Harm Reduction, check out the Harm Reduction Coalition at https://harmreduction.org/.

For more on words and language surrounding addiction, check out this paper from the Office of National Drug Control Policy or this essay from JAMA: Botticelli MP, Koh HK. Changing the Language of Addiction. JAMA. 2016;316(13):1361-1362. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.11874



Episode intro music: "Honey and Milk" by The 126ers

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