Mental Health Care in Anchorage, AK

Alaska Psychiatric Institute

What Does Alaska Psychiatric Institute Offer?

Alaska Psychiatric Institute is a mental health facility at 3700 Piper Street, Anchorage, Alaska, offering hospital inpatient care. It accepts Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, TRICARE, state-financed insurance and self-pay and offers payment assistance. Therapy approaches include CBT and DBT.

Reviewed by Anxiety Help Editorial Team ·October 5, 2026

3700 Piper Street
Anchorage, AK 99508

Listed in SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov, checked October 2026. A listing is not an endorsement. Call to confirm services, openings and costs before you go.

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Types of Care at Alaska Psychiatric Institute

Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

Community Mental Health Block Grants
Community Service Block Grants
IHS/Tribal/Urban (ITU) funds
Medicare
Medicaid
Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
Other State funds
Private health insurance
State corrections or juvenile justice funds
Cash or self-payment
State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
State welfare or child and family services funds
U.S. Department of VA funds
Payment assistance (check with facility for details)

Therapy and Treatment Approaches

Activity therapy
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Dialectical behavior therapy
Group therapy
Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
Individual psychotherapy
Abnormal involuntary movement scale

Who the Program Serves

Young adults
Seniors or older adults
Veterans
Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
Clients who have experienced trauma
Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
Ages: Children/Adolescents
Ages: Young Adults
Ages: Adults
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Medications Used

Chlorpromazine
Fluphenazine
Haloperidol
Loxapine
Perphenazine
Aripiprazole
Asenapine
Brexpiprazole
Cariprazine
Clozapine
Lurasidone
Olanzapine
Paliperidone
Quetiapine
Risperidone
Ziprasidone
Nicotine replacement
Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI

Assessment, Recovery Support and Other Services

Screening for tobacco use
Mentoring/peer support
Chronic disease/illness management
Court-ordered outpatient treatment
Family psychoeducation
Illness management and recovery
Legal advocacy
Psychosocial rehabilitation services
Case management service
Integrated primary care services
Suicide prevention services
Metabolic syndrome monitoring
Laboratory testing

Before you commit, confirm openings, costs and the program's state license. How to find a therapist you can afford lists the questions to ask when you call, and mental health care in Alaska lists the state's crisis lines and license lookups.