This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Anna State Hospital Information Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Wh.2ADE/1876 Message Board Post: If someone was admitted to the hospital in 1953 and supposedly suffered from mental as well as medical problems, was the admission by court order or could the person had admitted themself? If by court order, would they have been made to stay until proven capable of taking care of themself? Were patients free to come and go as they wanted? During the 1950s, did the state pay for the patient or did the patient pay themself? Would it be possible to get copies of the patient's record?