Mental Illness: A substantial disorder of thought or mood that significantly impairs judgment, behavior, capacity to recognize reality, or ability to cope with the ordinary demands of life. It may be due to changes in the brain caused by genetic, toxic, infectious, psychosocial, or traumatic influences.

 

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Mental Health Parity Act (MHPA): A federal act which prohibits group health plans that offer mental health benefits from applying more restrictive limits on coverage for mental illness than for physical illness.

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Instrumentality: The gradual domination of financial markets by institutional investors, as opposed to individual investors. This process has occurred throughout the industrialized world.

Incremental Internal Rate Of Return: Costs and benefits that would occur if a particular course of action is taken, compared to those that would have obtained if that course of action had not been taken.

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Incremental Costs And Benefits: Average cost applicable to the issue of each additional unit of debt and equity.

Incremental Cost Of Capital: Difference between the firm's cash flows with and without a project.