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In our May 2023 community update: May is Mental Health Awareness Month Drop in hour at Alaska Seeds of Change! Joins us for Resilience at the Bear Tooth, May 10 Mat Su Clinic Grand Opening June 22! Read the newsletter

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For almost 75 years, May has been designated as mental health awareness month - to highlight mental wellness as an important component of overall health, share facts and resources, and bring attention to conversations about mental health. Anyone can struggle with mental health. An estimated 44 million Americans struggle with a mental

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In our April 2023 community update: Our Mat Su Clinic is now open! Reminder: Anchorage Medical Department now at 4120 Laurel Street Register for the 10th Annual Alaska Advanced Trauma Training Institute TF-CBT training offered at no cost to rural providers Joins us for Resilience at the Bear Tooth, May 10 Read the newsletter

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Launching our Mental Health Awareness Campaign Alaska Behavioral Health is pleased to kick off our Mental Health Awareness Campaign during National Public Health Week (April 3- 9). Mental illness is one of the most common illnesses in the United States, with 1 in 5 experiencing a mental illness each year, making mental health a key component

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Free Movie for Mental Health Awareness Month and Children's Mental Health Week! Alaska Behavioral Health and the Bear Tooth Theatre Pub are pleased to present a free screening of Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month and Children's Mental Health Week. Wednesday May

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In our March 2023 community update: Alaska Behavioral Health and our Cohen Family Clinic win Duke University preceptorship award New clinic in Wasilla now scheduling appointments for the week of April 3rd! TF-CBT training offered at no cost to rural providers Don't forget to Pick.Click.Give. when you file for your Alaska PFD Read the newsletter

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Our Peer Support training team is offering 3 new classes the first week of April! These classes will be offered as hybrid classes, with in-person and on-line options. Class size will be limited to 10 attendees in-person with an additional 10 on-line. Apply for any of these trainings here. Peer Support Ethics – Tuesday, April 4th 9am –

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Alaska Behavioral Health is pleased to announce that the company has received an award from the Duke University School of Nursing for providing excellent learning opportunities for students in Duke’s Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) program. Through a partnership between the Duke University School of Nursing and Cohen

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In our February 2023 community update: Our Anchorage Medical Team is getting ready to move: psychiatry and primary care services will be at the new location March 1! One week until the Alaska Seeds of Change Annual Birthday Celebration! Save the date for upcoming spring trainings in Mental Health First Aid and peer support! Don't forget to

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We're on the move! Our Anchorage-based psychiatry providers, primary care and Adult Partial Hospitalization Program are moving!! The move date is dependent on completion of construction and will be announced as soon as possible. If you have been seeing your provider at our 4020 Folker Street Clinic, your appointments will eventually move to

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