Mental health is often treated as a diagnosis problem — label the symptoms, prescribe a fix, and move on. But for many people, the symptoms keep returning.

Keith Kurlander has spent decades working in mental health and psychedelic therapy education, helping professionals better understand what actually drives long-term change.

What You Will Learn:

• Why mental health struggles often show up as patterns, not diagnoses

• How technology and social media affect attention and stress over time

• When medication can be useful — and where it has limits

• What people actually experience with psilocybin and ketamine therapy

• How these experiences can support behavior change

• Why lifestyle factors still matter for long-term mental health

Chapters

00:00 Introduction
00:32 Keith’s background in mental health education
00:58 Why mental health isn’t one-size-fits-all
01:19 What mental health diagnoses actually measure
02:35 Symptoms vs root causes
04:18 Why teen mental health is declining
07:12 Technology and social disconnection
07:30 Tech, attention, and executive function
09:00 Personal responsibility in mental health
09:19 ADHD, kids, and prescription culture
10:19 When medication helps — and when it doesn’t
13:13 Lifestyle factors and attention
14:26 Keith’s psilocybin experience at 19
16:23 How Keith works with clients
19:41 Psilocybin and ketamine — risks and realities
23:17 What ketamine-assisted therapy looks like
25:33 Turning insights into daily habits
27:38 Who psychedelic therapy is not for
29:55 Holistic approaches without psychedelics
32:17 The future of mental health treatment
35:39 Where to learn more
37:16 Closing thoughts

Connect with Keith:

https://psychiatryinstitute.com

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