Growing Recognition Of the Need and Efficacy Of Therapy in Golden Years

How Therapy Can Help In The Golden Years by Abby Ellin.  The New York Times.  April 22, 2013.

A wide ranging discussion of the changing perception by older Americans and society in general of need for mental health counseling.

A real surprise for me was a report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration which found that about "half of all Americans aged 50 to 70 will be at high risk for alcohol and marijuana abuse by 2020, compared with less than 9 percent in 1999."