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'''Anna State Hospital''', contemporarily known as '''Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center''', is a [[public hospital|public]] [[psychiatric hospital]] in [[Anna, Illinois]], established in 1869.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kirkbridebuildings.com/blog/anna-state-hospital|work=Kirkbride Buildings|title=Anna State Hospital|access-date=May 10, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Choate Developmental Center Profile |url=https://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=58712 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010161151/https://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=58712 |archive-date=2022-10-10 |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=[[Illinois Department of Human Services]]}}</ref> The original hospital was constructed under the [[Kirkbride Plan]].{{Sfn|Yanni|2007|p=165}}
'''Anna State Hospital''', contemporarily known as '''Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center''', is a [[public hospital|public]] [[psychiatric hospital]] in [[Anna, Illinois]], established in 1869.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kirkbridebuildings.com/blog/anna-state-hospital|work=Kirkbride Buildings|title=Anna State Hospital|access-date=May 10, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Choate Developmental Center Profile |url=https://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=58712 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010161151/https://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=58712 |archive-date=2022-10-10 |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=[[Illinois Department of Human Services]]}}</ref> The original hospital was constructed under the [[Kirkbride Plan]].{{Sfn|Yanni|2007|p=165}}


Choate has been accused of patient abuse and neglect since the late 1990s,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parker |first=Molly |last2=Hundsdorfer |first2=Beth |date=2 September 2022 |title=At a Remote Mental Health Facility, a Culture of Cruelty Persists Despite Decades of Warnings |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-choate-mental-health-abuse-history |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010164246/https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-choate-mental-health-abuse-history |archive-date=2022-10-10 |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=ProPublica |language=}}</ref> and faced scrutiny by local media and public officials in 2022 following detailed accounts of violence against patients and lying to state investigators.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parker |first=Molly |last2=Hundsdorfer |first2=Beth |date=10 October 2022 |title=Chilling Audio Provides Rare Glimpse Into Abuse at Troubled Illinois Residential Facility |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-choate-mental-health-abuse-911-staff |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010164617/https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-choate-mental-health-abuse-911-staff |archive-date=2022-10-10 |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=ProPublica |language=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Parker |first=Molly |last2=Hundsdorfer |first2=Beth |date=2 September 2022 |title=A Disabled Young Patient Was Sent to Get Treatment. He Was Abused Instead. And He Wasn’t the Last. |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-choate-mental-health-abuse-beatings |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010164536/https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-choate-mental-health-abuse-beatings |archive-date=2022-10-10 |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=ProPublica |language=}}</ref>
Choate has been accused of patient abuse and neglect since the late 1990s,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parker |first=Molly |last2=Hundsdorfer |first2=Beth |date=2 September 2022 |title=At a Remote Mental Health Facility, a Culture of Cruelty Persists Despite Decades of Warnings |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-choate-mental-health-abuse-history |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010164246/https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-choate-mental-health-abuse-history |archive-date=2022-10-10 |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=ProPublica |language=}}</ref> and faced scrutiny by local media and public officials in 2022 following detailed accounts of violence against patients and lying to state investigators.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parker |first=Molly |last2=Hundsdorfer |first2=Beth |date=10 October 2022 |title=Chilling Audio Provides Rare Glimpse Into Abuse at Troubled Illinois Residential Facility |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-choate-mental-health-abuse-911-staff |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010164617/https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-choate-mental-health-abuse-911-staff |archive-date=2022-10-10 |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=ProPublica |language=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Parker |first=Molly |last2=Hundsdorfer |first2=Beth |date=2 September 2022 |title=A Disabled Young Patient Was Sent to Get Treatment. He Was Abused Instead. And He Wasn’t the Last. |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-choate-mental-health-abuse-beatings |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010164536/https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-choate-mental-health-abuse-beatings |archive-date=2022-10-10 |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=ProPublica |language=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hundsdorfer |first=Beth |last2=Parker |first2=Molly |date=11 November 2022 |title=Report Finds “Code of Silence” at Mental Health Facility Where Staff Abused and Neglected Patients |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-choate-abuse-code-of-silence |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111155507/https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-choate-abuse-code-of-silence |archive-date=2022-11-11 |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=ProPublica |language=}}</ref>


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Revision as of 20:42, 11 November 2022

Anna State Hospital
Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center
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Geography
LocationAnna, Illinois, United States
Coordinates37°28′38″N 89°14′31″W / 37.47722°N 89.24194°W / 37.47722; -89.24194
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Care systemPublic
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Opened1869
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ListsHospitals in Illinois

Anna State Hospital, contemporarily known as Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center, is a public psychiatric hospital in Anna, Illinois, established in 1869.[1][2] The original hospital was constructed under the Kirkbride Plan.[3]

Choate has been accused of patient abuse and neglect since the late 1990s,[4] and faced scrutiny by local media and public officials in 2022 following detailed accounts of violence against patients and lying to state investigators.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Anna State Hospital". Kirkbride Buildings. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  2. ^ "Choate Developmental Center Profile". Illinois Department of Human Services. Archived from the original on 2022-10-10. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  3. ^ Yanni 2007, p. 165.
  4. ^ Parker, Molly; Hundsdorfer, Beth (2 September 2022). "At a Remote Mental Health Facility, a Culture of Cruelty Persists Despite Decades of Warnings". ProPublica. Archived from the original on 2022-10-10. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  5. ^ Parker, Molly; Hundsdorfer, Beth (10 October 2022). "Chilling Audio Provides Rare Glimpse Into Abuse at Troubled Illinois Residential Facility". ProPublica. Archived from the original on 2022-10-10. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  6. ^ Parker, Molly; Hundsdorfer, Beth (2 September 2022). "A Disabled Young Patient Was Sent to Get Treatment. He Was Abused Instead. And He Wasn't the Last". ProPublica. Archived from the original on 2022-10-10. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  7. ^ Hundsdorfer, Beth; Parker, Molly (11 November 2022). "Report Finds "Code of Silence" at Mental Health Facility Where Staff Abused and Neglected Patients". ProPublica. Archived from the original on 2022-11-11. Retrieved 2022-11-11.

Further reading

  • Yanni, Carla (2007). The Architecture of Madness: Insane Asylums in the United States. Minnesota University Press. ISBN 978-0-8166-4940-2.
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