I facilitate a local support group for people living with serious mental illness, and I have met a remarkable woman in this group named Krupa Bhandaru, who is currently in hospice. Krupa has shared ...

Lingering questions around the death earlier this year of a man held at the Alaska Psychiatric Institute have renewed scrutiny of Alaska's only state-run mental hospital. Duop Tharjiath was 29 when he ...

Transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) individuals with mental illness appear to have higher rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and borderline personality disorder (BPD) compared with their ...

Imagine developing a severe mental illness, committing no crime, and finding yourself confined in a locked psychiatric facility. Thousands of Alaskans each year, without breaking any laws, face ...