PsychRights: Alaska

PsychRights^®
Law Project for
Psychiatric Rights

Alaska

Jim Gottstein is PsychRights' Alaska State Coordinator.

2012 Film Series

Non-Drug Approaches To Curing People Diagnosed With Serious Mental Illness

Wilda Marston Theater

PsychRightsLitigation

United States ex rel Law Project for Psychiatric Rights v. Matsutani, et al., USDCAK Case No. 3:09-cv-80-TMB
William S. Bigley v. Alaska Psychiatric Institute, S-13116, Alaska Supreme Court Opinion No. 6374, May 22, 2009 (Due Process Rights).
Law Project for Psychiatric Rights v. State of Alaska, et al.
Myers v. Alaska Psychiatric Institute (Forced Drugging)
Wetherhorn v. Alaska Psychiatric Institute (Definition of Gravely Disabled)
Wayne B. v. Alaska Psychiatric Institute (Necessity of Transcript)
W.S.B. v. Alaska Psychiatric Institute (Right to Have Proceedings Open to Public)
Forced Drugging of Bill Bigley
Languishing Prospective Informed Consent Case.
Bavilla v. Alaska Dep't. of Corrections (Forced Drugging in Prison)
Case XX
Kenaston v. Alaska (Four Board Suit)

Miscellaneous

Judges Guide: Handling Cases Involving Persons with Mental Disorders, July, 2008.
Alaska v. Eli Lilly & Co.
Involuntary Commitment and Forced Psychiatric Drugging in the Trial Courts: Rights Violations as a Matter of Course, by James B. (Jim) Gottstein, 25 Alaska L. Rev. 51 (2008).
E.P. v. Alaska Psychiatric Institute: The Evolution of Involuntary Civil Commitments from Treatment to Punishment, by Proud Usahacharoenporn, 28 Alaska Law Review 189 (2011).

PsychRights is actively soliciting pro bono attorneys to represent clients in Alaska facing forced drugging and related issues.

Non/Pre-Litigation

Involuntary Commitment & Forced Drugging Court Rules.
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request(s) Faith Myers and Dorrance Collins Advocacy.
Community took back mental health by redefining needs, by Alan Boraas, Anchorage Daily News, May 14, 2010.
On February 8, 2007, Jim Gottstein's testified before the House Judiciary committee about the Myers and Wetherhorn cases and other ways that Alaska's mental health program operates illegally.
Pro Publica's compilation of seven pharmaceutical companies' payments to Alaska doctors.

Information

Alaska Commitment and Forced Drugging Statutes
Advance Directives in Alaska:
Alaska Department of Corrections Policy on Forced Medication.
Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API) Release of Information form.
- API Release form to give information to PsychRights
API Admission Statistics
Alaska's Mental Health System and its Children
- October 4, 2004, Disability Law Center Report on North Star Hospital (Children's residential facility). Posting this here does not constitute an endorsement of the report.
The Liability of Alaska Mental Health Providers for Mandated Treatment, by Marshall L. Wild, Alaska Law Review, December 2003, : 20 Alaska L. Rev. 271
Other potential Alaska mental health/legal links are:
- Mental Health at AlaskaLawHelp.Org
- Disability Law Center (the Protection and Advocacy Agency)
- Alaska Legal Resource Center

Last modified 11/16/2011
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