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PMID: 37957292

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Yes - There Is a Well-Matched Paper

The best single paper for what you're describing is:
"An umbrella review of candidate predictors of response, remission, recovery, and relapse across mental disorders" Solmi M, Cortese S, Vita G, De Prisco M, Radua J, Dragioti E, et al. Molecular Psychiatry, 2023 PMID: 37957292 | DOI: 10.1038/s41380-023-02298-3 | Free via PMC: PMC10730397
This is an umbrella review (a systematic review of systematic reviews) - the highest-level evidence synthesis possible. It is almost exactly what you're looking for.

What the Paper Covers

  • 117 systematic reviews, 403 studies, nearly 300,000 individuals with DSM/ICD-defined mental disorders
  • Disorders covered: depressive disorders (39%), substance-use disorders (18%), schizophrenia-spectrum (12%), and others
  • Outcomes mapped: response, remission, recovery, and relapse
  • It extracted multivariable candidate predictors (MCPs) - not just isolated associations

Key Findings: Good vs. Bad Prognostic Factors

Bad prognostic factors (transdiagnostic - across multiple disorders):
  • Male sex
  • Younger age at onset
  • Higher disease-specific symptom burden
  • Higher depressive symptoms (even as a comorbidity in non-mood disorders)
  • Higher anxiety symptoms
  • Greater global illness severity
  • More previous episodes
  • Negative life events
  • Comorbid mental and/or physical disorders
Good prognostic factors (transdiagnostic):
  • Female sex
  • Higher education
  • Social contacts and employment
  • Absence of negative life events
  • Early access to and initiation of treatment
  • Lower disease-specific symptoms at baseline
  • Better quality of life / functioning at baseline
Disorder-specific highlights:
DisorderGood prognostic MCPsBad prognostic MCPs
DepressionFemale sex, less depressive symptoms, better functioning, fewer negative life eventsRecurrent episodes, residual symptoms, childhood maltreatment
SchizophreniaFewer positive symptomsHigher depressive symptoms, more positive symptoms at baseline
Substance use disorderMarital status, higher education-

Other Relevant Papers

If you want disorder-specific deep dives, these supplement the umbrella review:
  1. Schizophrenia long-term prognosis: Molstrom et al. 2022, Schizophr Res (PMID 36417817) - 20-year follow-up meta-analysis; found ~24% full recovery, challenging the myth of inevitable deterioration.
  2. Bipolar disorder course and outcome predictors: Treuer & Tohen 2010, Eur Psychiatry (PMID 20444581) - covers age of onset, comorbidities, personality, and functioning as predictors.
  3. Social support as a transdiagnostic prognostic factor: Wang et al. 2018, BMC Psychiatry (PMID 29843662) - systematic review showing poor perceived social support predicts worse outcomes in depression, schizophrenia, bipolar, and anxiety.
  4. Major depressive disorder prognosis review: Available at nature.com - covers biomarkers, duration of untreated illness, early improvement, and comorbidities as outcome predictors.

Bottom Line

The Solmi et al. 2023 umbrella review (PMID 37957292) is the most authoritative compiled resource covering good and bad prognostic factors across adult psychiatric disorders in a single paper. It is open-access via PubMed Central (PMC10730397), so you can read the full text for free. The main caveat noted by the authors themselves is that most underlying studies had high risk of bias, so predictions should be interpreted cautiously.
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