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Gateway's Hospital Bridge Podcast
The Gateway Hospital Bridge Podcast will provide podcast listeners a focused conversation on improving hospital bridge programs, data sharing, linkage to care, and retention of services to hospitals staff, peer support specialist and behavioral health providers. This podcast is made possible through the Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) grant.
Gateway Community Services, Inc. is supported by the Florida Department of Children and Families, LSF Health Systems, the City of Jacksonville, the CDC, CARF International, the NIDA Clinical Trials Network, the Florida Blue Foundation, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Gateway's Hospital Bridge Podcast
Gateway Hospital Bridge Podcast: Adolescents & Addiction
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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 and behavioral roots of adolescent addiction, unpacking the family dynamics, trauma histories, and environmental factors that shape a young person's path to substance use. We bring together knowledge from medical professionals, researchers, and lived-experience voices to give you a well-rounded perspective you can carry directly into your practice.
From evidence-based intervention strategies to the emotional realities of treating adolescent populations, we go beyond the textbook to have the conversations that actually matter in the field. Whether you're a seasoned clinician or new to adolescent care, this podcast is your bridge — connecting research to real-world application, and clinical knowledge to whole-family healing.