OK, I misunderstood that part. On the other hand, it seems to me that you generalize too much. There is still a lot of people that go to therapy and many patients need their medication. Clearly, the situation isn't ideal. One of the possible reasons could also be that much more people need help from a mental health professional (whether it's a psychiatrist, therapist or someone else), but there isn't enough of them. More than 50% people with mental illness never receive any care.
A therapy takes more time and is more complicated than medication and since the psychiatrist has a full waiting room... Our software has helped psychiatrists see 10-15 more patients per week while not spending more time at work. It's good to see that healthcare has started realizing the importance of mental health and the government has started incentivizing care providers focus on mental health (even in primary care, chronic conditions, ob/gyn, etc) and also measure the outcomes.
The term "mental illness" is very broad and encompasses so much that it's difficult not to generalize when speaking in this limited format. If you would like to hear about one specific case, I would be happy to oblige.
I'd actually respectfully disagree exactly with that because that's what may lead to false accusations of, for example, psychiatrists who do their work well and I'm sure that there are many. I'm not sure whether a public discussion is is a good way to discuss details of a particular case.