North Slope Borough DHSS DHSS/Integrated Behavioral Health

North Slope Borough DHSS DHSS/Integrated Behavioral Health

Services:
Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted
• Other State funds
• IHS/Tribal/Urban (ITU) funds

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Seniors or older adults
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Veterans
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Treatment Approaches

• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
• Individual psychotherapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy
• Cognitive remediation therapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Group therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Activity therapy

Ancillary Services

• Intensive case management
• Case management service
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Family psychoeducation
• Suicide prevention services
• Assisted Outpatient Treatment

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

• Outpatient

Type of Care

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Children/Adolescents
• Young Adults
• Seniors

Facility Type

• Outpatient mental health facility

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

• Local, county, or community government

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

License/Certification/Accreditation

• Federally Qualified Health Center

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Pharmacotherapies

• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI