mental health parity

in U.S. health care law, the mandate that the treatment limits and financial requirements that insurers apply to benefits for treatment of mental health and substance use disorders must not be more restrictive than those applied to medical and surgical benefits in group health plans that provide all such benefits to more than 50 employees.

Browse dictionary by letter

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

Psychology term of the day

January 30th 2025

addiction

n. a state of psychological or physical dependence (or both) on the use of alcohol or other drugs. The term is often used as an equivalent term for substance dependence and sometimes applied to behavioral disorders, such as sexual, Internet, and gambling addictions. A chemical substance with significant potential for producing dependence is called an addictive drug. —addictive adj.