Criminal defendants are overwhelming an understaffed state mental health system that, a few years ago, served thousands more ...

A sweeping new study of psychiatric and genetic records has the potential to change treatment for millions of psychiatric ...

Sen. Matt Claman introduced Senate Bill 231 last legislative session. If passed, some adolescents in locked psychiatric facilities would have better access to family. The mistake with the bill: It ...

The findings one day could allow people with multiple mental health conditions to be treated with a single therapy, ...

Kim Kovol, commissioner of the state Department of Family and Community Services, wrote a Nov. 18 opinion piece praising the staff at the state-run Alaska Psychiatric Institute. I also commend the API ...