That is a crucial point. Iatrogenic harm seems to be horrifyingly common in the MH system. I would add that psych illness can also be manufactured by applying diagnoses and labels, which can change internal chemistry and self-state with their pathologizing and stigmatizing implications.

I found harmful therapy to be uniquely insidious. There was therapist baggage, poor judgement, lack of professionalism, sadism, and more, but the greater part of the harm came from all the subtle psychosocial stuff happening below the surface, brought out because of the disempowering hierarchy. I feel emotionally violated. I don't feel harmed by the therapist so much as by the process.