To date, research examining the effects of comprehensive state mental health parity on the receipt of substance abuse treatment is limited. Comprehensive state mental health parity laws address the inequality between the receipt of treatment between mental health services and medical/surgical services more systematically than federally mandated mental health parity laws. The goal of comprehensive state parity laws is to reduce barriers in place that affect the receipt of substance abuse treatment. In this study, I sample twenty states in order to identify the treatment gap rate for substance use disorders in percentages and the per capita state expenditures for mental health treatment in average dollars per person. The treatment gap percent...
Prior to the 1970s, many healthcare plans in the U.S. offered benefits without discriminating betwee...
Relatively recent recognition of the significant burden of behavioral health disorders has elevated ...
This Article is the final installment in a three-part project that presents a comprehensive challeng...
At an event recognizing the 10th anniversary of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (M...
This report provides a detailed history of mental health parity legislation, including a discussion ...
Mental health parity legislation has gone through a series of distinct iterations each resulting in ...
Congress enacted the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act in 2008 to end discriminatory hea...
Federal parity laws, and their state equivalents, have been shown to increase access to substance us...
Congress enacted the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act in 2008 to end discriminatory hea...
At least twenty-eight percent of American adults suffer from a mental or addictive disorder. However...
Abstract only availableFaculty Mentor: Dr. David Webber, Political ScienceFor decades, health insura...
This paper examines the issue of mandating parity in coverage of mental health services in the conte...
For those who suffer from the most serious mental illnesses, access to mental healthcare is critical...
The enactment of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) in 2008 sought to elimin...
This Article considers the issues associated with emerging professional liability claims against men...
Prior to the 1970s, many healthcare plans in the U.S. offered benefits without discriminating betwee...
Relatively recent recognition of the significant burden of behavioral health disorders has elevated ...
This Article is the final installment in a three-part project that presents a comprehensive challeng...
At an event recognizing the 10th anniversary of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (M...
This report provides a detailed history of mental health parity legislation, including a discussion ...
Mental health parity legislation has gone through a series of distinct iterations each resulting in ...
Congress enacted the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act in 2008 to end discriminatory hea...
Federal parity laws, and their state equivalents, have been shown to increase access to substance us...
Congress enacted the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act in 2008 to end discriminatory hea...
At least twenty-eight percent of American adults suffer from a mental or addictive disorder. However...
Abstract only availableFaculty Mentor: Dr. David Webber, Political ScienceFor decades, health insura...
This paper examines the issue of mandating parity in coverage of mental health services in the conte...
For those who suffer from the most serious mental illnesses, access to mental healthcare is critical...
The enactment of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) in 2008 sought to elimin...
This Article considers the issues associated with emerging professional liability claims against men...
Prior to the 1970s, many healthcare plans in the U.S. offered benefits without discriminating betwee...
Relatively recent recognition of the significant burden of behavioral health disorders has elevated ...
This Article is the final installment in a three-part project that presents a comprehensive challeng...