BACKGROUND: Episode duration in non-psychotic @entity1032 is associated with personal characteristics of @entity1 , like age or personality. Part of these links may be mediated by life change, a predictor of episode duration in its own right. METHODS: In 170 primary care @entity1 who suffered 4171 @entity1 -months of non-psychotic @entity1032 diagnosed according to Bedford College Criteria, we examined to what extent associations with episode duration of nine @entity1 -linked variables including personal vulnerability, coping styles and social support, are mediated by their effects on the occurrence, during episodes, of @entity7027 ( @entity7027 ) assessed using the Life Events and Difficulties Schedule. Cox regression for competing endpoints was used to analyse the simultaneous effects of baseline variables on @entity7027 and on remission, whether spontaneous or not. RESULTS: Irrespective of diagnosis and symptom intensity, @entity7027 during episodes increases remission rates 2.9-fold (P<0.001). Remission rates are higher in @entity1 with larger social networks and who seek more help but this is partly because such @entity1 experience more @entity7027 earlier during episodes. Lower @entity663 is also linked with @entity2749 but this effect is unmediated by @entity7027 . LIMITATIONS: Mental state may bias dating and reporting of life change. Treatment aspects were not recorded. Elderly subjects were not included. CONCLUSION: @entity7027 occurrence during common @entity1032 is associated with psychosocial variables which are also overall predictors of episode remission. Thus, @entity7027 mediates between @entity1 ' psychosocial make-up and their chances of speedy recovery. This has implications for the management of non-psychotic @entity1032 .

Positive life change and remission of non-psychotic XXXX . A competing outcomes approach.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'person', 'persons'] @entity7027 :: ('MESH:D057768', 'Disease') :: ['positive life changes', 'PLC'] @entity1032 :: ('MESH:D008607', 'Disease') :: ['mental illness'] @entity2749 :: ('MESH:C580065', 'Disease') :: ['shorter episode duration'] @entity663 :: ('MESH:C564323', 'Disease') :: ['neuroticism']
@entity1032 :: (MESH:D008607,Disease) :: ['mental illness']
