[quote=@Shienvien]It also must be noted that some mental illnesses are [i]ridiculously[/i] overdiagnosed (frequently resulting in wrongly prescribed medication, and then dependence and/or other side-effects from that, and so forth), whereas other disorders go undiagnosed. 
 - Several psychologists I've talked to have noted that all kinds of malpractices in the mental health department are running rampant - medication prescribed just because it is easier than solving the problem other ways or even weighing whether the problem is actually severe enough to necessitate medication and taking the (occasionally very severe) risks that come with it, misdiagnoses based on just going with whatever seems most likely at the time being, without any further investigation, [i]et cetera, et cetera [/i]-, so it's not just my personal opinion.[/quote]
Can confirm.

I don't like medicine. Oftentimes I get side effects so ridiculous that I end up feeling worse just due to the unbearable numbness of whatever Prozac or SSRI chemically does to my mind. I prefer addressing my depression and emotional instabilities through the therapy side of things, and this works, for the most part. However from personal experience in inpatient I find it's almost as if they COMPLETELY ignore the therapy, as the doctors are often overworked or simply too lazy to give patients one on one time, and group therapy is a shotgun approach for a group of [i]extremely[/i] specific problems.

Literally, the last time I was in an inpatient place against my will (I think it's called a 1034?), I made it known in group that I didn't want any medicine until I started getting more one on one treatment. An older guy who had been in and out of the place pulled me aside and literally told me they wouldn't let me go until I started taking my medicine.

I had been there 4 days at that point, the day I started taking my medicine they let me out 2 days later, and they [i]really[/i] wanted me to leave with a renewed prescription.

I don't think it's a problem present uniformly everywhere, but it is one that exists, and it's disgusting.