psychiatry hoax or not?

This debate has been brewing in my mind for a while - I am still far from making an informed non-biased decision. Having recently discovered stumble video and the anti-psychiatry arguments that psychtruth portrays I am, I hope, closer to taking a stand point.
I work in the rehab frame of reference and have for a while felt the stifling and ineffective push that medicine has on the recovery process of a patient.
1) The patient is seen as having and illness
2) Decision to discharge a patient is made on 'stability' due to medication rather than resolution of stressors - this decision is made almost entirely by the psychiatrist
3) The patient is given very little information about his illness or the side effects of the medication and very rarely alternative therapies are suggested - if they are they are offered as a 'para-intervention' to medication.

I would like to here some pro-psychiatry arguments!
Might interview some Dr's myself and post later