Effective implementation and public education efforts on the benefits of treating mental health and substance use conditions are critical to the success of mental health parity legislation passed by Congress last fall, Mental Health America said today. In an article published today in a special thematic issue on mental health of the journal Health Affairs, "After Parity-What's Next," representatives of Mental Health America say passage of the parity law strengthens the movement to recognize that mental health is integral to overall health and raises the importance of integration as part of health reform proposals. "As the nation enters serious debate about reforming our health care system,trx pro pack, passage of the [legislation] provides a platform for the full and effective...