Mental Health

Jul 12 2019
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How hospital ERs in Alaska are helping patients with opioid use disorder

By | Alcohol & Substance Abuse, Family, Health, Juneau, Mental Health, Science & Tech, Southeast

A trip to the emergency room can be a crucial window to assist people in their recovery. Now some providers are giving patients a medicine to ease the transition so they can seek additional care. Recently, a hospital in Juneau completed one year of this program with encouraging results.

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Jun 10 2019
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U.S. Attorney General William Barr heard concerns from Alaska Native leaders about the lack of law enforcement and high rates of sexual assault and domestic violence in rural Alaska. (Photo by Joey Mendolia/Alaska Public Media)

AG Barr says ‘everything is on the table’ to solve Alaska’s public safety crisis

By | Alaska Native Government & Policy, Alcohol & Substance Abuse, Community, Crime & Courts, Federal Government, Local Government, Mental Health, Public Safety, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Southwest, Western

The U.S. Attorney General’s security detail outnumbered the number of village public safety officers in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta — a region roughly the size of Oregon.

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Apr 06 2019
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House Health and Social Services Committee co-chair Rep. Ivy Spohnholz, D-Anchorage, questions Chief Procurement Officer Jason Soza of the Department of Administration in a joint meeting with the House State Affairs Committee in Juneau on April 2, 2019. The committee was examining procurement procedures that led to a controversial contract to manage the Alaska Psychiatric Institute. Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, D-Sitka, co-chair of the House State Affairs Committee is on the right.

Lawmakers seek competitive contract to run psychiatric institute

By | Economy, Health, Juneau, Mental Health, Southcentral, State Government

Rep. Ivy Spohnholz said the department didn’t provide enough information to Chief Procurement Officer Jason Soza for him to be able to adequately review the contract, which would pay Wellpath $225 million over five years.

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