Suicide, the deliberate act of causing death by self-injurious behavior, is more common in
geriatric patients than in young people. 1 In the United States, each year more than 7000 …

Objectives. To assess the impact of the 2008 Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental
Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) on mental and substance use disorder …

Objective: Access to specialty mental health care may be poor because many psychiatrists
do not accept health insurance reimbursement, whereas many patients rely on insurance to …

The aim of this study is to examine the impact of child race-ethnicity and neighborhood
characteristics on age of treatment receipt among children with autism spectrum disorder …

State policymakers have long sought to improve access to mental health and substance use
disorder (MH/SUD) treatment through insurance market reforms. Examining decisions made …

Abstract Objective To examine whether Medicaid managed care plan (MCP) utilization
management policies for buprenorphine–naloxone and injectable naltrexone are related to …

Background: For decades, insurance plans in the United States have applied more
restrictive treatment limits and higher costsharing burdens for mental health and substance …

Objective: The 2008 federal parity law and the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) sought to
expand access to behavioral health services. There was concern that health plans might …

Objective: This study evaluated the effects of the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction
Equity Act (MHPAEA) of 2008 on the use of outpatient and clinic-based mental health …

Although multiple evidence-based practices are available for the treatment of behavioral
disorders, these interventions are not consistently delivered in routine care in the United …