Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Suicide Prevention Training

Registration is OPEN! 1st Annual Alaska Advanced Rural Child Trauma Training Institute 12/4/2024

09.10.2024

Registration for the 1st Annual 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. […]

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Meet Dr. Mia Galioto!

09.04.2024

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 […]

Children’s PHP Expanding to Fairbanks!

09.04.2024

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 Training: November 12th

09.03.2024

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

09.03.2024

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 […]

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What does it mean to be a CCBHC?

08.20.2024

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 […]

AKBH Community Update – August 2024

08.13.2024

Join us for Here.Is.Better. at the Bear Tooth,learn about psychosis and get ready for late summer training events.

Veterans Support Group

08.06.2024

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 – […]

Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Suicide Prevention Training

07.30.2024

During this 2-hour in person training, participants learn how to Question, Persuade and Refer someone who may be suicidal. Common causes of suicidal behavior will be discussed, including warning signs to look for. Prevention strategies, along with resources on how to help yourself as well as someone in crisis are also covered. Zoom attendance will […]

Virtual ARC Training October 22nd & 23rd, 2024

06.12.2024

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 […]

Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Suicide Prevention Training

Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Suicide Prevention