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A CAPITOL IDEA

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/pn.37.13.0017

Parity supporters rallied at the U.S. Capitol in June to push for passage of the Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act in Congress.

Among those who addressed the demonstrators were members of Congress who support the Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act: (1) Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.); (2) Pete Domenici (R-N.M.); (3) Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.), with Nancy Domenici (wife of Sen.Domenici) looking on; and (4) Rep. Marge Roukema (R-N.J.). Other speakers included (5) Jim McNulty, president of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, and (6) Ron George of the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders. (7) Wayne Creelman, M.D., president of the Western Michigan Chapter of the Michigan Psychiatric Society, waves a sign among other parity supporters.

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