SynthesisEpidemiology and psychiatric sciences2021
Clinical outcomes in brief psychotic episodes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Diagnostic stability and long-term outcomes of acute and transient psychotic disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- "Short" Versus "Long" Duration of Untreated Psychosis in People with First-Episode Psychosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Baseline Status and Follow-Up Outcomes.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2025Pooled it
- Preventing psychosis in people at clinical high risk: an updated meta-analysis by the World Psychiatric Association Preventive Psychiatry section.Molecular psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Characterizing artificial intelligence (AI) psychosis in a large academic medical setting: evidence of the new clinical phenomenon and the vulnerability of those in early phases of psychosis.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Real-world comprehensive care of people living with schizophrenia: recommendations across different settings and clinical stages.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2026Article
- GABAMolecular psychiatry · 2026Article
- Sleep disturbances as an early indicator of psychotic disorders in adolescents and young adults.Frontiers in synaptic neuroscience · 2026Review
- Multimodal Prediction of Psychosis in the Prospective MoBa Birth Cohort.Research square · 2025Article
- Can Non-specific Blood Inflammatory Biomarkers Predict Recovery in Acute Transient Psychotic Disorder? A Prospective Observational Study.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2025Article
- Acute Schizophrenia-like Psychotic Disorder Against the Background of COVID-19.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Observational
- Diagnostic stability and predictive factors of acute and transient psychotic disorders: A naturalistic observational study.Dusunen adam : Bakirkoy Ruh ve Sinir Hastaliklari Hastanesi yayin organi · 2024Article
- The Translational Future of Stress Neurobiology and Psychosis Vulnerability: A Review of the Evidence.Current neuropharmacology · 2024Review
- Acute and transient psychotic disorders: A review of Indian research.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2023Review
- Parsing neurobiological heterogeneity of the clinical high-risk state for psychosis: A pseudo-continuous arterial spin labelling study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Composite immune marker scores associated with severe mental disorders and illness course.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2022Article
- Timing of antipsychotics and benzodiazepine initiation during a first episode of psychosis impacts clinical outcomes: Electronic health record cohort study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
aimsPatients with brief psychotic episodes (BPE) have variable and fluctuating clinical outcomes which challenge psychiatric care. Our meta-analysis aims at providing a comprehensive summary of several clinical outcomes in this patient group.
methodsA multistep systematic PRISMA/MOOSE-compliant literature search was performed for articles published from inception until 1st March 2021. Web of Science database was searched, complemented by manual search of original articles reporting relevant outcomes (psychotic recurrence, prospective diagnostic change or stability, remission, quality of life, functional status, mortality and their predictors) for patients diagnosed with acute and transient psychotic disorders (ATPD), brief psychotic disorders (BPD), brief intermittent psychotic symptoms (BIPS) and brief limited intermittent psychotic symptoms (BLIPS). Random-effects methods and
resultsA total of 91 independent articles (
conclusionsShort-lived psychotic episodes are associated with a high risk of psychotic recurrences, in particular schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Other clinical outcomes remain relatively underinvestigated. There are no consistent prognostic/predictive factors.
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