| Abstract: | The Mental Health Patient's Bill of Rights was the culmination of a meeting of the presidents of 9 national associations of mental health professionals to examine how to best educate the public, policy makers, and benefit managers about ensuring the availability of quality mental health and substance abuse treatments. The principles to which they unanimously agreed hold that mental health clients must have guaranteed confidentiality, a real role in determining their treatment, and a choice of provider. The clients have the right to full information about their coverage as well as parity of mental health and physical health coverage. The actual text of the Mental Health Patients' Bill of Rights is provided. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
