Germany
Psychcastmitjan is the YouTube channel of Dr. Jan Dreher, a board-certified psychiatrist and chief physician at Klinik Königshof in Krefeld, Germany.
Total Followers +1.9%
54K
Across YouTube
Primary Platform
YouTube
54K followers · 100% of audience
Engagement
4.0%
vs. 1.5% category median
Sponsorship Tier
Micro
| Platform | Followers | 30d Growth | Engagement | Posts / wk | Last upload |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YouTube | 53,700 | +1K | 4.0% | 4.2 | 3 days ago |
| Window | YouTube | Combined | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last 7 days | +301 +0.6% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +301 |
| Last 30 days | +1K +1.9% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +1K |
| Last 90 days | +3K +5.3% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +3K |
| Last 365 days | +3K +5.3% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +3K |
Daily follower snapshots from CreatorDB's longitudinal index.
Psychcastmitjan is the YouTube channel of Dr. Jan Dreher, a board-certified psychiatrist and chief physician at Klinik Königshof in Krefeld, Germany. The name translates loosely as "Psychcast with Jan," reflecting a conversational, podcast-influenced approach to psychiatric education. Dr. Dreher covers psychopharmacology — antidepressants, neuroleptics, benzodiazepines, lithium — alongside conditions such as depression, anxiety disorders, and psychosomatic illness, all delivered in plain German without clinical jargon. Titles like "Lorazepam: Blessing or Curse?" and a critical overview of systemic failures in German psychiatry signal both clinical depth and a willingness to challenge established practice — a tone that sets the channel apart from generalist mental health content.
The audience is concentrated in the DACH region — Germany, Austria, and Switzerland — and skews toward the 25–44 age range, with a near-equal gender split that is unusual for mental health content, which typically over-indexes female. Engagement sits well above the category median, pointing to a highly motivated viewership of patients, caregivers, and likely fellow clinicians seeking practitioner-level commentary. No commercial sponsor presence is apparent, leaving the channel's authority anchored entirely in professional credibility. That positioning aligns naturally with pharmaceutical patient-education initiatives, health-system communications, or continuing medical education platforms — making this a distinctly specialist property with room to grow within German-language healthcare media.
Psychcastmitjan reaches an audience concentrated in Germany primarily through YouTube, and is best activated via long-form YouTube integrations. As an education creator they map naturally to brands targeting that space. With no brand deals logged yet, they read as an available, category-aligned partner for advertisers building early presence in the space. Engagement on YouTube runs around 4.0%, which points to an audience better suited to category-relevant, mid-funnel campaigns than to pure-reach buys. Their YouTube-first format lends itself to integrations that sit inside the creator's usual content rather than running as standalone ads. Because the audience follows education content rather than arriving through untargeted reach, sponsorships that match the channel's subject matter tend to convert more efficiently than broad placements. A consistent, on-topic posting focus gives sponsors a predictable, brand-safe environment, lowering placement risk compared with broad, general-interest channels. Campaigns here are best measured on qualified engagement and consideration within the niche rather than on raw impression volume. For Germany-focused brands in education and related categories, Psychcastmitjan offers a defined, creative-fit audience rather than broad, low-intent impressions.
Benchmark estimates for a creator at Psychcastmitjan's tier (Micro, 54K combined followers, Germany). Pulled from CreatorDB's category benchmarks.
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The person behind Psychcastmitjan is Dr. med. Jan Dreher, a specialist physician in psychiatry and psychotherapy. He uses his real name openly — the handle itself means roughly "Psychiatry cast with Jan" in German.
Yes — Dr. Jan Dreher holds the title Facharzt für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, meaning he is a board-certified specialist in both psychiatry and psychotherapy. He also serves as Chefarzt, the German term for chief physician, at a psychiatric clinic, making him one of the few practicing senior clinicians running a YouTube channel in this space.
Dr. Jan Dreher is Chefarzt at Klinik Königshof in Krefeld, Germany. He continues active clinical work alongside the channel, which gives his explanations a grounded, ward-level perspective rather than a purely academic one.
Dr. Dreher has addressed Lorazepam in a dedicated video, framing it as both a "blessing and a curse" — clinically valuable in acute situations but carrying serious dependency risks that are often underexplained to patients. His approach is deliberately honest rather than simply reassuring or alarmist.
Dr. Jan Dreher produced a video specifically on semaglutide's potential in psychiatry, exploring what the drug may be capable of beyond weight loss and diabetes management. He presents the emerging research with clinical nuance, discussing both the promising signals and the limits of current evidence.
Emotional blunting is a side effect where patients on antidepressants report feeling emotionally flat or numbed — even to positive experiences — despite mood symptoms improving. Dr. Dreher has covered this topic on the channel, explaining the likely pharmacological mechanisms and what clinical options exist for patients experiencing it.
One of Psychcastmitjan's most talked-about videos is his "TOP 10 FLOPS in German Psychiatry," where Dr. Dreher critically examines systematic shortcomings in how mental illness is handled in the German healthcare system. It's a notably candid critique coming from a sitting chief physician, which is rare in German medical content.
Yes — CFS is among the explicitly flagged topics on the channel, approached from a psychiatric and psychosomatic angle. Dr. Dreher's focus on conditions that sit at the boundary between physical and mental illness makes CFS a natural fit alongside his coverage of depression, anxiety disorders, and psychosomatics.
Double depression describes the situation where a major depressive episode develops on top of an already-existing dysthymia — a chronic, lower-grade but persistent low mood. Dr. Jan Dreher addresses both dysthymia and double depression on the channel, aiming to help patients and families recognize diagnoses that are frequently missed or misunderstood.
The channel is primarily in German, with the large majority of viewers coming from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Some video titles are phrased in English — such as "Emotional Blunting" and "Lorazepam: Blessing or Curse?" — but the spoken content is in German.
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