FMFaith Myers

1. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Faith Myers

   Letter: State should not mix criminals and noncriminals at Alaska Psychiatric Institute (opens the original)

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   I read the Aug. 12 Anchorage Daily News story by Chris Aadland, “In rare verdict, Anchorage man found guilty but mentally ill in 2015 stabbing of his parents.” As a former patient at the Alaska Psychiatric Institute, here is what I got out of the story. I spent months dodging violent patients, and in my case, it hindered recovery. According to the story, Martin Victor IV spent years at API. It has been my experience that the state agencies running API have no problem mixing criminals and non

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2. Article · Aug 27, 2026 · Faith Myers

   Opinion: Patient rights mean little if no one enforces them (opens the original)

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   In a May 22 email, Department of Family and Community Services Commissioner Tracy Dompeling stated that DFCS does not enforce the state psychiatric patient protection laws in any facility other than the state-run Alaska Psychiatric Institute. The federal government, Medicaid/Medicare and hospital certification organizations like the Joint Commission do not enforce state psychiatric patient protection laws. It is their position that the state must enforce its own state laws. Managers of psychiatr

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3. Article · Jul 13, 2026 · Faith Myers

   Opinion: Anchorage’s mental health system has bigger problems than the location of care (opens the original)

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   I read the Anchorage Daily News editorial, Sunday, July 5, “The problem with ‘somewhere else.’” From my experience, there are sections of the mental healthcare system in Anchorage that are antithetical to acute-care psychiatric patient recovery. Too often, people with an acute mental illness are not given the treatment and mentoring that allows them to rejoin society. The mental healthcare system in Anchorage could be compared to an automobile with three flat tires, and everybody is deba

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