Legal Opinion
E.P. v. Alaska Psychiatric Institute
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided April 24, 2009No. S-12853, S-12934, S-13004PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CARPENETI, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
A person addicted to various substances, whose substance abuse has caused organic brain damage, appeals his three consecutive involuntary commitments to Alaska Psychiatric Institute. We uphold his commitments, because: (1) Alaska statutes permit involuntary commitment of a person found likely to harm himself even if there is no reasonable belief treatment will improve his condition; (2) an addict whose substance abuse has caused organic damage to the frontal lobe of his brain rendering him unable to understand the dangers of his substance abuse, and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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