Why Mental Issues Should Be Treated Psychoanalytically and Psychotherapeutically (Verbally) Rather Than Psychiatrically and Psychopharmacologically (Chemically)?

I think a simple analogy will do.

On computers, when the Microsoft Windows version (or your operating system of choice) has a problem, the solution is not to change or fix the hard disk, or the CPU, or RAM, etc. (Of course, if you change the hard disk, you have to reinstall Windows and that solves the problem. But the analogy refers to human brains, which are irreplaceable.) The solution is to use a software, which can resolve your software issue through software-based techniques, tweak the software settings and configurations yourself, or at most to reinstall your software (Windows).

So goes with the human mind (the software part of our existence). If there is a mental problem and if the brain and the body (hardware) have been checked and it has been established that they don't have any problems (such as anti-NMDA antibody encephalitis) causing the psychosis, depression, etc., the solution is to fix the thoughts, feelings, and the thinking and emotional processes.

Thought problems should be treated with words, not with poison.

A loony's two cents.