The Radical Idea Changing Mental Health Treatment

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00:00 Intro
01:06 The Promise of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy
05:16 Why Psychedelics Faced Decades of Pushback
09:40 Psychedelic Therapy Requires Guidance
11:27 The Failure of the “Pill Fixes Everything” Model
15:31 Risks of Unregulated Psychedelic Retreats
24:20 Psychedelics Within Integrative Medicine
25:30 Ad: Optoceutics
27:31 What “Integration” Really Means
30:08 Why Psychiatry Still Resists Psychedelics
38:52 Why Lifestyle Still Matters After Therapy
41:45 Psychedelics and Addiction Treatment
50:50 Microdosing vs Full Therapeutic Doses
53:52 Ad: 3X4 Genetics
57:28 The Rise of Ketamine Clinics
1:00:54 Ibogaine: Risks, Duration, and Safety
1:04:50 Final Thoughts on Psychedelic Responsibility
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Will Van Derveer, MD is a psychiatrist and author of Psychedelic Therapy: Restore Your Mental Health and Reclaim Your Life which will be published by ShambhalaPublications in the Spring of 2026.
 
He is co-founder of Integrative Psychiatry Institute, which has provided comprehensive training for 2500 mental health professionals in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy several thousand professionals in other continuing education programs.
 
He is medical director of Integrative Psychiatry Center of Boulder, CO, providingintegrative psychiatry for a broad range of conditions and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy for treatment-resistant depression and PTSD.
 
In addition to his clinical practice and teaching, he has staffed clinical trials sponsoredby MAPS, investigating MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for chronic, treatment-resistant PTSD.
 
Dr. Van Derveer is co-host of the Higher Practice Podcast, where he explores what it takes to achieve optimal mental health.

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