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Multimodal Behavior Therapy With Groups of Aged

over 65 is expected to more than double to 52 million-one of every six Americans (Mayer, 1977). Aging brings a wide variety of changes that require adjustment: forced retirement, loss of spouse, loss of independence, poor health, loneliness, and boredom (Lombana, 1976). Until recently the major focus of gerontological intervention was on remediation of problem behaviors in institutionalized elderly. Today mental health professionals are searching for preventive measures to be used in providing services for the aged. Group counseling or psychotherapy offers the elderly an opportunity to see that many of their problems are shared by their peers. Group methods are less costly than individual therapy, can be made available to a larger number of aged persons, and are more readily accepted by elderly persons in community settings. There is, however, a need for more effective research efforts that focus on group techniques to be