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A report by the National Advisory Mental Health Council (NAMHC) on parity in coverage of mental health services in an era of managed care. Includes: update on costs of parity; empirical studies of parity benefits in states and private plans; refining actuarial models for predicting parity costs; access to care: determinants and standards; studies from administrative data: treated prevalence findings; quality of care assessment studies from administrative data and clinical data; managed care for children: Medicaid and the uninsured; legislative charge to NAMHC; state mental illness parity laws; and prior NAMHC reports.