Agree with you on that topic. We all don't need them. But for many they might be of good help and if one wants to use medication one has to be aware of that it is about finding the right medication, it's a trial and try ...

I think that when it comes to mental health care in general, it can go both ways, become better or worse. That will be connected to who is at the top, - is most popular, - what is the most popular hypotheses of the day and so on. Doctors are very different. I had to change GP some time ago. THAT had to do with a rigid view of the GP who was not willing to listen to my experiences and accused me to not be willing to admit myself to this GP's competence. He was an example on the "bow to the expert"-type. How could he treat my depression if he didn't want to know about what had helped and what had not helped in my personal depression history? Because that is what it is: PERSONAL. I found myself a new GP. My depression improved. I felt better very soon after the change in GP. So you see, here the doctor himself was a trigger and a factor that contributed to keep the depression going. To get rid of the trigger helped.

My view of depression in general is that people have to learn about themselves by a good therapist or by a well written self help book. They have to learn to see the connections between their personal MI and their progress or lack of such. If I hadn't understood that my GP was a trigger in himself, I would never have quit. Instead I would have clung to him and become more and more dependent on him because I would have become worse and wore and worse.

Please don't misread me, if a person is experiencing depression for the first time, he has to be willing to understand that the therapist perhaps cannot find the right treatment at once. What I told about was about recognizing by myself, after having learned about myself and my triggers, that this GP was not good for me. Many doctors need to learn to be more humble.