The Transformed Minds Pod
The Transformed Minds Pod
Podcast Description
Transformed Minds is a podcast dedicated to reshaping how we understand and approach mental health and substance use. Through evidence-based discussions, real stories, and expert interviews, we create a space for learning, reflection, and transformation.
Hosted by theprayingpsychiatrist, a physician, researcher, and advocate for community and global mental health, this platform bridges evidence-based medicine, clinical insight and lived experience. Whether you're a provider, trainer, policymaker, patient, or loved one—this podcast is for you.
Let’s learn, heal and transform – together!
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast delves into essential themes surrounding mental health and addiction, focusing on topics like integration of addiction care into mental health services, the impact of dual diagnoses, and the intersection of faith and healing. For instance, an episode featuring Dr. Ayana Jordan discusses innovative models of care for co-occurring disorders based on her research, emphasizing the necessity of embedding addiction specialists into community mental health.
Transformed Minds is a podcast dedicated to reshaping how we understand and approach mental health and substance use. Through evidence-based discussions, real stories, and expert interviews, we create a space for learning, reflection, and transformation.
Hosted by theprayingpsychiatrist, a physician, researcher, and advocate for community and global mental health, this platform bridges evidence-based medicine, clinical insight and lived experience. Whether you’re a provider, trainer, policymaker, patient, or loved one—this podcast is for you.
Let’s learn, heal and transform – together!
In the season finale of The Transformed Minds, Dr. O brings the series full circle, reflecting on the season’s core lessons around evidence-based, humane, and equitable care in substance use and psychiatric treatment.
This episode focuses on the heightened risks of the holiday season, a time when emotional stress, trauma activation, social isolation, and structural inequities often collide. Dr. O explores how holiday pressures can exacerbate substance use and psychiatric symptoms, while also highlighting concrete, actionable strategies to promote safety, continuity of care, and recovery.
Drawing on clinical insight and real-world examples, the episode examines:
The psychology of stress and trauma during the holidays
Structural vulnerabilities that increase risk for relapse, overdose, and psychiatric crises
Practical interventions for clinicians, caregivers, policymakers, and communities
From anticipatory care planning and medication continuity to community-level harm reduction strategies such as naloxone distribution and syringe services, this finale underscores a central message of the season: support saves lives.
Join us for a thoughtful, grounded discussion on how to build recovery-friendly environments and reduce harm during one of the most challenging and meaningful times of the year.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this episode, listeners will be able to:
Identify evidence-based risk factors for substance use recurrence during the holiday season.
Apply practical, anticipatory strategies to reduce relapse and overdose risk.
Understand how trauma, social determinants, and system-level gaps shape holiday outcomes.
Translate research into actionable steps for clinicians, patients, communities, and policymakers.
Reframe holiday substance use risk as predictable and therefore preventable.
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