Breaking Down Mental Health

Breaking Down Mental Health is a podcast for health care providers that bridges the gap between medicine and psychiatry. It focuses on equipping medical professionals with clinical guidance about various mental health topics from the very basic to the more complex, to better prepare all providers to answer the call to action during this mental health crisis within our pediatric population. 


This podcast is hosted by a dynamic triad representing three groups of providers that support mental health consultations as Michigan Medicine's C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor Michigan.


Syma Khan, MSW

Christina Cwynar, DNP, CPNP-PC, PMHNP-BC

Heidi Burns, MD, Clinical and Adolescent Psychiatry


Join us as we break down different aspects of mental health into manageable pieces and work to eliminate stigma.


To enroll for CME credit: visit our episode activity website. Visit our CME course overview page for details on CME credit, or complete this survey for social work CEUs.


Educational Planner: Christina Cwynar, DNP, CPNP-PC, Heidi Burns, MD, and Syma Khan, MSW


Disclosures: None of the planning team or speakers for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.


Season 3: Release Date: April 1, 2025 / Termination Date: March 31, 2028


ACCME Statement

The University of Michigan Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Michigan Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. After listening to an episode, use the link provided with the episode to claim the credit associated with each session.


Michigan Social Work Continuing Education Collaborative

Michigan Medicine is an approved provider with the Michigan Social Work Continuing Education Collaborative to sponsor continuing education for social workers for 1.0 Clock Hours per episode. Approved Provider Number for social work: MICEC 0056


To learn more about the podcast, visit our podcast website.


Michigan Medicine is the academic medical center for the University of Michigan. Breaking Down Mental Health is a part of the Michigan Medicine Podcast Network. You can subscribe to Breaking Down Mental Health wherever you listen to podcasts.