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	<title><![CDATA[Parity for Effective Addiction and Mental Health Care:  Not Just Treatment as Usual]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maia-szalavitz/parity-for-effective-addi_b_45785.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Wednesday, the <em>New York Times</em> published my <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/11/opinion/11szalavitz.html?_r=1&amp;oref=slogin">op-ed</a> arguing that while we need equal insurance coverage for mental health and addiction in line with the treatment of other diseases, if parity is not accompanied by the requirement of evidence-based treatment, it can do harm.</p>

<p>For space reasons, I was not able to explore in that article some of what I think are the best examples of the problems with parity without an evidence requirement -- so I thought I'd lay...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:47:00-04:00</date_published>
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