The Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America http://mostlywater.org/astonishing_rise_mental_illness_america

Although psychiatric medications may be effective over the short term, they increase the likelihood that a person will become chronically ill over the long term. I was startled to see this picture emerge over and over again as I traced the long-term outcomes literature for schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, and bipolar illness...In addition, the...literature shows that many patients treated for a milder problem will worsen in response to a drug...and that can lead to a new and more severe diagnosis like bipolar disorder.