In 2003 Faith Myers was involuntarily committed to the institute by her family for refusing medication. The institute petitioned the Anchorage Superior Court and was authorized to compel her to take antipsychotics. Meyers challenged the ruling based on Alaska's constitutional guarantees of liberty and privacy. In 2006 the Alaska Supreme Court ruled in her favor and placed greater restrictions on non-emergency involuntary psychotropic medication in the state.Hinton, Jeremy, and Robert Forrest. "Involuntary Non-emergent Psychotropic Medication." Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online 35.3 (2007): 396-398.
