Changing Trends in First Admissions and Readmissions for Mania and Schizophrenia in New Zealand, 1974 to 1984

From 1974 to 1984 in New Zealand there was a significant decline in first psychiatric admissions for the functional psychoses. This decline is due to decreasing first admission rates for schizophrenia and depressive psychoses, despite an increasing first admission rate for mania. Although a small pa... View More