Mental Health Parity

Mental health parity refers to the principle that mental health care should be treated equally to physical health care in terms of insurance coverage and access to services. This means that insurance companies should provide the same level of benefits, limits, and costs for mental health treatment as they do for medical treatments. The aim is to eliminate disparities that often prevent individuals from receiving necessary mental health care, ensuring that psychological wellbeing is recognized as equally important as physical health in healthcare policies and practices.