Alaska Psychiatric Institute is located on Piper Street in Anchorage. Photographed December 12, 2019. I wrote about an important paper a group of distinguished, knowledgeable authors wrote. Titled “White Paper on Improving Patient Outcomes, Addressing Treatment Caused Trauma & Injuries, Enhancing Patient Rights, and Grievance Procedures for the Report Required by HB172,” it is well documented, with citations to evidence and authority.
While asserting my commentary was “full of errors,” Rep. Josephson proffered only one — my conclusion “the courts have abdicated to the Legislature their separate power to uphold the guarantees of liberty, privacy and due process for persons with mental illness.” proves me wrong. Rep.
Rep. Josephson also said I was “flatly wrong” to “suggest” Alaskans with mental illness “have no rights and are not heard by the hospital and/or the courts.” I did not say that. However, I did write ain April about a study titled “Systemic violations of patients’ rights and safety: Forced medications of a cohort of 30 patients in Alaska” by