Clinical outcomes in brief psychotic episodes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Patients 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.

Methods

A 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 psyc

SUBMITTER: Provenzani U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8581951 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature