“…Based on previous research (Advokat et al ., ; Colwell & Gianesini, ; Cooper & Zapf, ; Hubbard et al ., ; Jacobs, Ryba, & Zapf, ; Morris & DeYoung, ; Morris & Parker, , ; Mossman, ; Warren et al ., ), we propose the following hypotheses: (1) A greater number of psychotic (e.g., delusions, paranoia, derailment, constricted affect, auditory hallucinations, and visual hallucinations) and neuropsychological (e.g., perseveration, impaired orientation, impaired executive functioning, stroke, memory problems, stereotyped movements, impaired attention, seizures, aphasia, echolalia, apraxia, and agnosia) symptoms will predict both IST and competency non‐restoration; (2) severe cognitive symptoms (e.g., lack of orientation, executive functioning deficits, derailment) will be associated with initial IST opinions and non‐restoration; (3) depressive (e.g., indecisiveness, fatigue, hopelessness, decrease/increase in appetite, depressed mood, impaired hygiene, suicidal ideation, decrease/increase in sleep, guilt, and motor retardation), anxiety (e.g., avoidance, increased heart rate, chest discomfort, dizziness, repetitive behaviour, sweating, fear of going crazy, worry, fear, shaking, hypervigilance, fear of social situations, fear of dying, shortness of breath, nausea, chills, and repetitive mental acts), manic (e.g., tangential speech, motor hyperactivity, flight of ideas, pressured speech, distractibility, irritability, and grandiosity), and/or Cluster B personality disorder symptoms (e.g., manipulative, lacks remorse, malingering, uncooperative, entitled, seductive, grandiose) will not be related to IST or non‐restoration; and (4) older age will predict IST and non‐restoration.…”