Alaska Behavioral Health

Alaska Behavioral Health

Services:
Special Programs/Groups Offered
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Treatment Approaches

• Individual psychotherapy
• Abnormal involuntary movement scale
• Group therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Crisis intervention team

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• State corrections or juvenile justice funds
• County or local government funds
• Cash or self-payment
• Community Service Block Grants
• Medicare
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
• Private health insurance
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Other State funds
• Community Mental Health Block Grants
• Medicaid

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)

• Outpatient

Payment Assistance Available

• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Pharmacotherapies

• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Nicotine replacement
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation

Type of Care

• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children
• Mental health treatment
• Substance use treatment

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Adults
• Young Adults

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support
• Housing services

Ancillary Services

• Intensive case management
• Illness management and recovery
• Case management service
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Suicide prevention services
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Assertive community treatment

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

• Private non-profit organization

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Type

• Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic