KTVA story on Mental Illness Awareness Week – October 11, 2018
Registration for the inaugural Alaska Advanced Rural Child Trauma Training Institute, on December 4th, 2024, is now open! This event will focus on the unique challenges of providing trauma informed care for children living in rural communities such as access, provision of treatment via telehealth, provider training in evidence-based practices, rural engagement, and cultural competency. […]
Expanded capacity means quicker access for families! Dr. Mia Galioto recently joined our team as a Child & Adult Psychiatrist. Dr. Galioto had been working as locum in various locations, and recently spent a year at API. Alaska won her over, and now she’s here in a permanent position. Dr. Galioto first became interested in […]
Expanding PHP to Fairbanks! We are excited to announce the expansion of our Children’s Partial Hospitalization Program (or PHP) to Fairbanks! PHP is a day treatment program designed to support children and youth who are struggling with significant mental health challenges. The program will run from 9 am to 3 pm daily at our Aspen […]
Mental Health First Aid® (MHFA) is a full day course that teaches you how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. The training gives you the skills you need to reach out and provide initial help and support to someone who may be developing a mental health or […]
Trauma 101 training focuses on understanding how trauma impacts the body and the brain, how people adapt to trauma, and what we can do as providers, caregivers and community members to support recovery and resiliency. The Trauma 101 training is not a training on a specific type of intervention but is focused on how we […]
CCBHC stands for Certified Community Behavioral Health Center. As a CCBHC, Alaska Behavioral Health provides a list of comprehensive integrated services meeting 161 criteria related to quality and access, as defined by SAMHSA, the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, including: We have more than 100 clinical providers, including: Our well-trained support staff […]
Join us for Here.Is.Better. at the Bear Tooth,learn about psychosis and get ready for late summer training events.
We are pleased to announce a new support group for Veterans! The group is led by peer support specialist David Petty, and is an opportunity to come together in community for conversation, find support if you need it, or maybe just play a boardgame or two with company. When: Wednesdays in September, 2024, 6:00 – […]
Alaska Behavioral Health is pleased to offer virtual ARC Training 9am to 4pm via Zoom What is ARC? The Attachment, Self-Regulation and Competency or ARC framework (Kinniburgh & Blaustein, 2005) is a flexible, components-based intervention developed for children and adolescents (3-18) who have experienced complex trauma, along with their caregiving systems. ARC is designed as both an individual level clinical intervention, to be […]
In recognition of our 50th anniversary this year, we invited former staff and clients to share stories of recovery and the role Alaska Behavioral Health has played in their lives. We are enormously grateful for Leah and her family’s willingness to share their story. It perfectly demonstrates why we do the work we do, why […]