Gateway's Hospital Bridge Podcast

The Gateway Hospital Bridge Podcast is built for clinicians, nurses, peer specialists, and addiction professionals on the front lines of this work. Despite the title, this episode is not about food or animals. Dr. Pomm lays out the groundwork for explaining what co-occurring mental health illness and addiction is. Before getting to real-life examples of what these diagnoses look like, we need to f...

The Gateway Hospital Bridge Podcast is built for clinicians, nurses, peer specialists, and addiction professionals on the front lines of this work. In this episode, we are excited to have a guest speaker, John Corprew, who offers valuable insights from his experience as a peer specialist, helping individuals on a daily basis with their sobriety. This episode will cover all things regarding Alcohol...

The Gateway Hospital Bridge Podcast is built for the clinicians, nurses, peer specialists, and addiction professionals on the front lines of this work. In this episode, we are excited to have a guest speaker, Dr. Lubana, who provides an insightful perspective on her experience working with families & addiction. We'll go over all the different elements that come into play when helping fami...

Bridging the gap between clinical insight and compassionate care. Working in addiction treatment means witnessing the full weight of this disease — and when adolescents are involved, the complexity only deepens. The Gateway Hospital Bridge Podcast is built for the clinicians, nurses, peer specialists, and addiction professionals on the front lines of this work. This episode explores the clinical a...

What exactly is fentanyl? Where does it come from? What are the real dangers behind it? Within this episode, we cover everything you should know about it. We share some interesting history behind fentanyl, current trends, personal stories, and why the community needs to be aware of it. 

In this episode, we bring a special guest to the show who knows all things research at Gateway Community Services. Joseph Seim has been facilitating all kinds of studies that relate to mental health and addiction.  Take a listen to learn all about our findings with participating in research. 

In this episode, we dive into the stigma that has always been present when it comes to receiving help for mental health and/or addiction. A special guest from Gateway's Mobile Unit joins us to share his insights and experience. 

This discussion includes Gateway's Prevention Manager, Frank Emmanuel, to dive into the subject of prevention. We bring conversations about past, current, and, hopefully, future prevention strategies used in the recovery space. Take a listen to learn more!

With this listen, Dr. Raymond Pomm and Dr. Oliver Oyama discuss all the elements of Integrated care for patients. This includes combining both Primary and Psychiatric Health Care, which Gateway's services emphasize. Throughout this discussion, the benefits and challenges of Integrated Care are thoroughly examined by both doctors. They provide a transparent view of how Gateway approaches this...

In this episode, sit down with Dr. Raymond Pomm , Dr. Alicia Lubana and Rico Bodin, LMHC to explore the critical questions around before, during and after treatment for parents and guardians when discussing adolescents substance abuse and moving towards treatment.  Together, we break down the personal, family, and systemic barriers that keep teens from accessing substance use and behavioral health...

Join Dr. Raymond Pomm and Rico Bodin as they sit down with Dr. Alysha Lubana, a provider working within adolescent behavioral health, for an insightful conversation about the unique challenges facing teens today. Together, they explore the complex relationship between adolescent development, risky behaviors, and substance use — shedding light on the warning signs families and professionals should...

In this powerful and timely episode, Dr. Raymond Pomm, renowned psychiatrist and addiction medicine specialist, and Rico Bodin, Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Master’s level Certified Addiction Professional. Together, they dive into the most recent data on opioid overdoses, highlighting the outcomes in the United States, Florida, and Duval County. Dr. Pomm and Rico discuss what’s working, wh...

In this heartfelt and insightful episode, Dr. Raymond Pomm, renowned psychiatrist and addiction medicine specialist, and Rico Bodin, Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Master’s level Certified Addiction Professional, sit down with Gretchen, a student intern, to explore the essential role of family support in substance abuse treatment. Together, they dive into Gretchen’s journey into the field, w...

Join Peer Support Specialists Seth and Kim as they sit down with Dr. Raymond Pomm and Rico Bodin, LMHC for a powerful conversation about their personal journeys through addiction and into recovery. In this heartfelt episode, they explore how lived experience and the “language of the heart”—authentic, compassionate communication—play a vital role in supporting patients in both medication-assisted t...

In another powerful episode, hosts Dr. Pomm and Rico Bodin sit down with special guest Dr. Holly Magiera to explore the complex connection between addiction and relationships. Together, they dive into how addiction impacts trust, communication, and intimacy—and how healing is possible for both individuals, couples, and families. With a mix of neuroscience, clinical insight, personal stories, and r...

In this powerful episode, host Dr. Pomm and Rico Bodin sit down with Salena and Hayden to explore their inspiring journeys from addiction to recovery and their transformation into Peer Support Specialists. They discuss the challenges they faced, the turning points that led them to sobriety, and how they now use their lived experiences to help others find their road to recovery through the Hospital...

Join host Dr. Raymond Pomm and co-host Rico Bodin as they sit down with Dr. Holly Magiera for a deep dive into the science of addiction and the role of the “lizard brain” in compulsive behavior. Dr. Magiera unpacks how our primitive brain structures drive addiction, why willpower alone isn’t enough, and what strategies can help rewire the brain for recovery. Whether you’re struggling with addictio...

Project Save Lives is a collaborative, citywide, substance use disorder and co-occurring program, based in six (6) emergency departments across the city of Jacksonville. A comprehensive approach to engage overdose survivors and substance abusing and co-occurring patients being medically stabilized in local emergency departments employing Peer Support Specialists (PSS) to assist in transitioning im...

The Hospital Bridge Program host talk with Carol Motycka, Pharm. D on working with new and existing medical staff about opioids, patient dialogue and substance use disorders.

The Hospital Bridge Program host talk with Carol Motycka, Pharm. D on working with new and existing medical staff about opioids, patient dialogue and substance use disorders.

Peer Support Specialists are paraprofessionals who have personal experience with substance misuse and mental health, who are trained to help others who are also working towards wellness. They can help people in recovery by advocating for them, sharing resources, building life skills, and building community relationships.