James Biela is an itinerant Social Worker for LKSD, frequently traveling out to Newtok, Tununak, Toksook Bay, Nightmute, Mekoryuk, and Nunapitchuk to hold trainings and lectures on suicide prevention.
Mental Health
A Pulse Nightclub responder confronts a new crisis: PTSD
The Pulse Nightclub shootings in Orlando a year ago killed 49 people. It was a horrific scene for first responders, and some are still struggling to cope with what they saw that night.
Juneau city manager: ‘People genuinely don’t have somewhere to go’
A downtown tent village has sprang up near the former subport in recent weeks. The city of Juneau won’t try to close down the camp without a formal trespassing complaint from its owner, the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority.
State grant to help Ketchikan agencies reduce recidivism
A coalition of Ketchikan agencies is gathering to explore how to help people getting out of jail stay out of jail with the help of a state grant.
Why brain scientists are still obsessed with the curious case of Phineas Gage
In 1848, a railroad worker survived an accident that drove a 13-pound iron bar through his head. The injury changed his personality, and our understanding of the brain.
Juneau’s homeless population prefers Marine Park over Thane campground
A month after the Juneau Assembly passed its anti-camping ordinance, Marine Park has become a new haven for the downtown homeless population. Now the city wants to enforce the park’s posted hours.