Table 3.

Predictors of psychotic recurrence in BPE (ATPD/BPD/BLIPS/BIPS)

Predictor	Association with psychotic recurrence
Acute onset	↓(Rusaka and Rancans, 2014b) ↔ (Rusaka and Rancans, 2014b; Fusar-Poli et al., 2019a, 2019b, 2019c)
Acute stress	↔(Fusar-Poli et al., 2019a, 2019b, 2019c)
Affective disturbances	↔(Rusaka and Rancans, 2014a, 2014b)
Antipsychotic dosage	↑(Wang et al., 2018)
Anxiety	↑ (Rusaka and Rancans, 2014a); ↔(Suda et al., 2005; Rusaka and Rancans, 2014b)
Delusional ideation	↔(Suda et al., 2005; Rusaka and Rancans, 2014a, 2014b)
Depressed mood	↔(Suda et al., 2005; Rusaka and Rancans, 2014a, 2014b)
Duration of psychotic symptoms	↔(Fusar-Poli et al., 2017a, 2019a, 2019b, 2019c; Wang et al., 2018)
Duration/number of hospitalisations over follow-up	↑(Aadamsoo et al., 2011; Queirazza et al., 2014; Poon and Leung, 2017; Wang et al., 2018); ↔(Suda et al., 2005; Rusaka and Rancans, 2014b)
Employment	↔(Aadamsoo et al., 2011; Fusar-Poli et al., 2017a)
Ethnicity	↔(Fusar-Poli et al., 2017a)
Family history of mental disorders	↑(Wang et al., 2018); ↔(Suda et al., 2005; Abe et al., 2006; Rusaka and Rancans, 2014b; Poon and Leung, 2017)
Frequency of episodes over follow-up	↑(Fusar-Poli et al., 2017a); ↔ (Suda et al., 2005)
Hallucinations	↑(Rusaka and Rancans, 2014a); ↔ (Suda et al., 2005; Rusaka and Rancans, 2014b)
Hazardousness	↔(Aadamsoo et al., 2011)
Illicit substances	↔(Fusar-Poli et al., 2019a, 2019b, 2019c)
Irritability or mood elation	↔(Suda et al., 2005)
Level of functioning	↔(Aadamsoo et al., 2011; Fusar-Poli et al., 2017a)
Life events	↔(Suda et al., 2005; Abe et al., 2006)
Male gender	↑(Queirazza et al., 2014; Wang et al., 2018); ↔(Suda et al., 2005; Abe et al., 2006; Aadamsoo et al., 2011; Fusar-Poli et al., 2017a; Poon and Leung, 2017)
Marital status	↔(Aadamsoo et al., 2011; Fusar-Poli et al., 2017a)
Polymorphic symptomatology	↓(Rusaka and Rancans, 2014a); ↔(Suda et al., 2005; Rusaka and Rancans, 2014b)
Poor premorbid social functioning	↑(Suda et al., 2005); ↔(Suda et al., 2005; Rusaka and Rancans, 2014b)
Quality of life	↔(Aadamsoo et al., 2011)
Seriously disorganising or dangerous symptoms	↑(Fusar-Poli et al., 2017a, 2019a, 2019b, 2019c)
Severity of psychotic symptoms	↔(Aadamsoo et al., 2011; Fusar-Poli et al., 2017a)
Sleep disturbances	↑ (Suda et al., 2005); ↔(Suda et al., 2005; Rusaka and Rancans, 2014a, 2014b)
Thought disorder	↑(Suda et al., 2005); ↔(Suda et al., 2005; Rusaka and Rancans, 2014a, 2014b)
Years of education	↔(Aadamsoo et al., 2011)
Younger age	↑(Abe et al., 2006; Aadamsoo et al., 2011; Queirazza et al., 2014; Poon and Leung, 2017; Wang et al., 2018); ↔(Suda et al., 2005; Rusaka and Rancans, 2014b; Fusar-Poli et al., 2017a)

BPE, brief psychotic episodes.

↑: predictor is associated with higher risk of psychotic recurrence.

↔: predictor is not associated with a change in psychotic recurrence.

↓: predictor is associated with lower risk of psychotic recurrence.