You know, I thought about it at length tonight and I totally agree with your assertion. The comparison is ridiculous and absurd and I was way out of line. The downvotes were just.
There is nothing biblical or doctrinal about the DSM/PDR
There is nothing clerical about doctors, nurses, or orderlies, they don't have no ordination kind of ceremonies and they certainly don't wear any kind of distinctive garb that sets them apart, nor are they authority figures who are respected and obeyed by the community. These dudes all have casual temporary jobs, it's not like a vocational calling or life profession, you know.
There is nothing sacramental about psychotherapy (where a person enters a small room and whispers her secrets to a professional and gets helped) and there's certainly nothing Eucharistic about medications. I mean seriously, compare "My Body, My Choice" to "THIS is My Body, which will be given up for You."
Honestly, I write a lot of stuff on HN and send it before I even doublecheck it. Consider this an errata and please do accept my apologies.
There's nothing communal or familial about health care. In contrast to worship and churches, health care is private, secret, done in small offices one-at-a-time; we're separated in hospitals and during plagues due to infection controls
Nobody sings anything ever
Christianity and most other ancient religions are built on millennia of unchanging doctrine, practices, apostolic tradition, and familial bonds, passed on to all children. Medicine and psychiatry invalidate their doctrines every couple of hundred years and reinvent themselves anew. Practices and beliefs from history books are ineffective, barbaric, reviled and abhorrent to moderns.
Most religions rely on donations from the faithful, and few can actually compel such; psychiatry demands tribute and wealthy corporate supporters who can step in and guarantee their solvency, plus the state can usually use laws and punishment to coerce more people into joining and participating.