Medicare now covers therapy appointments with licensed marriage and family counselors, and licensed professional counselors.
Mental Health
Bartlett Hospital’s behavioral health center opens doors to youth in crisis
The goal is to provide a welcoming, age-appropriate alternative to the emergency room.
Most Americans with mental health needs don’t get treatment, report finds
Many Americans are diagnosed with mental health conditions, but most don’t get professional help, even if they’re insured. Obstacles include difficulties finding providers their plan covers.
Therapists talk about their role during 2020 landslide disaster in Haines
The slide in Wrangell has no doubt revived some painful feelings for Haines residents.
Juneau hospital, Housing First receive Alaska Mental Health Trust grants
The hospital’s funding will go toward staffing, training and infrastructure for adolescent behavioral health crisis services and Housing First’s grant will help pay for new supportive housing units.
After a disaster like Juneau’s August flood, mental health can be a neglected part of the recovery
Mental health experts say many people who experience a disaster feel a grief that lasts for weeks, months and even years.
$23M project for homeless youth kicks off in Wasilla
The Wasilla project, called the Carson-Cottle Center, will include treatment programs for substance abuse and sex trafficking, a recovery high school and permanent supportive housing.
An Army division in Alaska is combating high suicide rates with mandatory wellness counseling
It’s been a year and a half since Fort Wainwright’s Mission 100 program was created to address mental health. Army officials and participants say it seems to be paying off – although there’s still work to be done.
With broadband set to expand across Alaska, Sullivan calls for regulation of social media, ‘big tech’
Sullivan suggested there may be a bill or bills that would limit social media to users aged 16 and older.
Juneau’s hospital showcases new center for people experiencing mental health crises
The center, which is on the Bartlett campus, means that patients who urgently need care won’t have to leave Juneau to get it.