I think some psych treatment can be helpful for some people. I was depressed for a lot of years (and didn't know it) and tried suicide twice. Then I finally found a couple of really good therapists and between 10 years of therapy and 10 years of Prozac, I figured out how to deal with life and what it throws at me without having to hide/cry at the drop of a hat/etc. I no longer take the Prozac, but I'm dealing with life pretty well without it. I think, in a lot of cases, it's a matter of trial and error to find the drug that works for each individual, and writing off drugs as useless is not going to help anything. It's just too bad that more independent studies can't be done, so that we get unbiased information on which to base decisions about our health.