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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 30.
Published in final edited form as: Handb Clin Neurol. 2018;150:181–196. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63639-3.00014-1

Table 14.2.

Most common indicators of poor prognosis and good prognosis in patients with schizophrenia

Poor prognostic indicators Good prognostic indicators
Negative symptoms Negative symptoms not prominent
Poor premorbid functioning Good premorbid functioning
Cognitive impairment No cognitive impairment
Insidious onset Acute onset
Male sex Female sex
Single Married
Longer duration of untreated psychosis Shorter duration of untreated psychosis
Substance abuse No substance abuse
Early onset (age <18 years) Later onset (age >45 years)