Abstract
To compare long-term trends in legal guardianship policy and involuntary psychiatric admissions in urban and rural areas for people suffering from mental illness. New and current legal guardianships as well as involuntary admissions according to Guardianship Law and also to Commitment Law were examined from 1998 to 2010. All investigated variables (new and current legal guardianships as well as involuntary admissions) increased significantly along assessed period of time. Current guardianship rates are lower in urban area. On the other hand, rates of involuntary admissions according to Guardianship Law are in urban area 3fold higher and those according to Commitment Law doubled. New and current guardianships' ratio as well as ratio between involuntary admissions according Commitment Law and Guardianship Law remained quite stable. The large differences in legal guardianship policy and involuntary treatment between urban and rural regions cannot be explained on the basis of available data. The role of community-based care networks in the process of reducing involuntary admissions should be further examined.
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