We don't really know whether the rates of problems have increased or not because so few studies have comparable data on mental health across the past 30 years. Children's emotional and behavioral problems are more likely to be interpreted through a medical lens now than they were 20 years ago.

The publication of the Third Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-III) in 1980 (when conditions such as ADHD made their debut on its pages) substantially altered the way that we view many problems. The precise diagnostic criteria presented in the manual allowed for new types of research on the causes and consequences of mental disorders.

In general, the number of disorders has increased (to the current 256 classification codes), partly because disorder categories have been split and partly because 'new' disorders have appeared.

We don't think we are going to have any problems filling the rooms because there is such a demand for affordable assisted living facilities. Even our market-rate units will be below what Sunrise [Assisted Living] units are going for.

We face structural problems which go far beyond any short-term crisis,

The point is to solve problems, not point fingers.