The relationship between admission to the mental hospital and literacy has been investigated in this paper. Admissions steadily increase with the educational level of the patients. There are indications to show that people with university education in the event of a mental breakdown, may show a tendency to seek psychiatric aid outside the public hospital. Urban residence and better economic position also are associated with admission to the hospital. There is a high positive correlation between admission rates and the literacy level of an area. So it is likely that education as a single factor promotes better attitude to hospitalization in case of mental illness.