Yes, I don't think it's a very good message to say that sick people should stay away from drugs. It's a bit like telling people with cancer that chemotherapy doesn't work.
From a certain point of view, treating these kind of diseases with pills is easy. There's a chemical imbalance in the brain, too much of this or too little of that. If you can administer a drug, that might fix things. However, getting the right drug and the right dosage etc. may be hard and that may lead to some bad experiences, especially from early on, but these drugs still help a lot of people. Plus, there are some pretty horrific examples of what can happen when people who are seriously ill feel "normal" after taking pills for a while and then stop taking them.
Although before taking medicine, people should definetly look at their diets and excercise and so on as well. Cut milk, corn/wheat based food and sugar from your diet for example as there are studies that show these may be related to psychological problems as well as a range of other health problems.
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