Semantics aside (meant versus designed ) lol
Um well the cost of bringing a medicine to say a suicidal patient by looking at them for years well I don't have to finish the sentence ...
There are in fact longitudinal studies so I am afraid that is incorrect anyway. I will be happy to post some later.

David and Goliath? Lol Not everyone can become a pharmaceutical company or can they? Maybe goliath and david or maybe none of the above. Its easier to sit there and criticize pharmaceuitical companies and psychiatry in general. Pop psychology wins every time just as Mcdonald's outsells fine dining

Edit:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12668362

some negatives will undoubtedly emerge:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20843507

and more
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20843507

But the question is how many lives does it save? I will keep digging as I love the topic and if we can arrive at some kind of 'truth' that is better than just assuming a position and looking for something, anything in fact, to support it.