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parity
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Public Policy
March 24, 2014
Mental Health Care Parity Ruling Announced
In 2013 we described a speech given by Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy about the need for parity in care for people with mental illnesses. In late 2013, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius issued a final r...
Public Policy
December 11, 2013
Treatment Research Needs More Advocacy
Among the hundreds of posters, workshops, clinical perspectives, and symposia presented over five days at the 2013 meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), there were almost no posters or...
Public Policy
November 1, 2013
Congressman Patrick Kennedy Says Parity in the Treatment of Mental Illnesses Is Needed
Patrick Kennedy -- At the 10th International Conference on Bipolar Disorders in 2013, Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy addressed the combined audience of the Depression Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) and members of the Inte...