Alaska Psychiatric Institute

Services

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency onsite services

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support

Payment Assistance Available

• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Adults
• Young Adults
• Children/Adolescents

Type of Care

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Veterans
• Young adults
• Seniors or older adults
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Persons with Alzheimer's or dementia
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Ancillary Services

• Family psychoeducation
• Suicide prevention services
• Integrated primary care services
• Chronic disease/illness management
• Legal advocacy
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Illness management and recovery
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Case management service

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

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

• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Pharmacotherapies

• Cariprazine
• Asenapine
• Thioridazine
• Loxapine
• Brexpiprazole
• Lurasidone
• Olanzapine
• Risperidone
• Clozapine
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Haloperidol
• Paliperidone
• Nicotine replacement
• Quetiapine
• Trifluoperazine
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Chlorpromazine
• Ziprasidone
• Fluphenazine
• Aripiprazole
• Thiothixene

Facility Type

• Psychiatric hospital

Treatment Approaches

• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
• Individual psychotherapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Activity therapy
• Group therapy

Testing

• Laboratory testing
• TB screening
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Cash or self-payment
• Medicaid
• Other State funds
• IHS/Tribal/Urban (ITU) funds
• State welfare or child and family services funds
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• U.S. Department of VA funds
• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
• Private health insurance
• Community Mental Health Block Grants
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Community Service Block Grants
• Medicare
• State corrections or juvenile justice funds

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

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

• State government

Location

3700 Piper Street, Anchorage, AK 99508

Phone: (866) 453-5835

Website: http://www.dhss.alaska.gov/dbh/pages/api/default.aspx

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