I understand where your cynicism comes from but I think it might be overblown in this case. These drugs do help people and psychiatrists want to help. The fac

I understand where your cynicism comes from but I think it might be overblown in this case. These drugs do help people and psychiatrists want to help. The fact is that we just don't know that much about how higher cognition works. I have a neurobiology degree and was very surprised how little we actually know. We don't know how to really measure things like depression, so we rely on animal models and medieval tests such as "Lets throw this mouse into a bucket and see how long it takes for it to give up treading water". When we are able to take 'in situ' measures in a live person without risking their life, we may start to make progress on better treatments.