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Yep. I wrote in a post somewhere here that lately I have felt an instinct to shift away from the medical model of mental illness. In my 40 years of psychiatric treatment I haven't seen any realistic, healthy, productive changes in how MI is treated. Of the 35+ meds I've tried, only a very few have been helpful, in that they have helped me to function more successfully in life. But many medications have not helped me in any positive way - yet they have done damage to my physical health.
As for therapy being as helpful as medication - I don't necessarily agree. First of all, really GOOD therapy is expensive. Right there is an enormous problem for many people. And truly gifted therapists are few. That, and psychotherapy is showing to be, in many ways, mildly successful, even a failure, altogether. Often, therapy causes more problems than it solves. All kinds of work needs to be done as far as (for example) cultural considerations when it comes to therapy.
Treatment for MI always has been, and remains, elusive.
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