Depressed? Anxious? Maybe you should see someone. If so, good luck. According to the American Psychological Association, most mental health professionals are consistently and fully booked. Yet, for all that therapy, better mental health eludes Americans, says Jonathan Alpert, author of Therapy Nation—How America Got Hooked on Therapy and Why It's Left Us More Anxious and Divided . If anything, the author contends, mental health care is a likely cause of our collective psychological malaise.