Tag Archives: Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act of 1956

Arrest and Adjudication

By Ellen | May 7, 2009

Prior to the Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act of 1956, a person accused of being mentally ill was to be brought before a jury of six people, who would rule him sane or insane. The patient was often sent to prison until his transfer to Portland. Medical or psychiatric exams were not required. This commitment [...]

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What was the care like at Morningside Hospital?

By Ellen | April 15, 2009

The story of the hospital and the transition to building a care system over several decades is fascinating and sometimes quite heartbreaking. Lets face it –the standards of what we deem acceptable treatment for persons with mental illness and other conditions has evolved dramatically and for the better in the last one hundred years. Morningside [...]

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