2: Mental Health Matters

Vital Visions: The Vedala Brothers Podcast

The Vedala Brothers bring in their first guests to the podcast in this episode! Farhan Jawed, MD, Collyn Campbell, MSW, LCSW, CCTP and Lynn Mayes, RN, Clinic Care Coordinator, join the brothers to speak about mental health. They engage in meaningful discussions with Dr. Krishna and Dr. Veer, emphasizing the important role of mental health services within comprehensive healthcare, seamlessly bridging patients’ journeys from primary care to necessary in-patient services and beyond. This compelling episode will leave you better after listening. This episode’s guests give us words of wisdom and hope for the future through their advice and experiences.
Guest Bios:
Farhan Jawed, MD, formally served as the Chief of Staff for Norman Regional Health System. He is the medical director for Norman Regional’s inpatient Behavioral Medicine Services in Norman. Dr. Jawed specializes is psychiatry and behavioral health. His certification is from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, studied medicine at King Edward Medical College and completed residency with Michigan State University, Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies.
Dr. Jawed is a diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He also has an outpatient practice where he treats adult mental health patients.
Dr. Jawed specializes in psychiatric illness and substance abuse disorders and helps persons experiencing suicidal ideation, danger to self or others, depression, mania, anxiety, hallucinations, delusions, self mutilative behavior, insomnia, disorientation, catatonia, substance abuse and withdrawal symptoms from substance abuse.
Collyn Campbell, MSW, LCSW, CCTP has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Social Work from the University of Oklahoma. She has been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) since 2004, a board approved supervisor since 2011, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy) trained since 2021 and a CCTP (Certified Clinical Trauma Professional) since 2022.
Collyn has experience in forensic interviewing, private practice and working as a psychotherapist with various populations including children, at-risk youth, sex offenders in a juvenile detention center, adults, families and couples. Collyn has also been involved with the Oklahoma Arts Council and has acted as a group facilitator for Intro to Art Therapy at the University of Oklahoma. Her primary areas of specialty are in trauma and somatic psychotherapies. Collyn has been with Norman Regional Health System since 2011.
Lynn Mayes, RN, BSN has been a nurse for 27 years. She has a passion for helping others and has found her job as clinic care coordinator to be one of the most rewarding of her career. She has experience in providing care in a school system and as a nurse in the PACU. Lynn has been with Primary Care - South OKC since October, 2022.
Links:
Farhan Jawed, MD
Norman Regional In-patient Behavioral Medicine
Blog - Norman Regional. Oceans to Build Behavioral Health Center
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