About the Authors

Louise M. Howard

louise.howard@kcl.ac.uk

Affiliation Section of Women's Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

Sian Oram

Affiliation Section of Women's Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

Helen Galley

Affiliation South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Greater London, United Kingdom

Kylee Trevillion

Affiliation Section of Women's Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

Gene Feder

Affiliation Academic Unit of Primary Health Care, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

LMH and GF are members of the WHO Guideline Development Group on Policy and Practice Guidelines for responding to Violence Against Women and the NICE/SCIE Guideline Development Group on Preventing and Reducing Domestic Violence. LMH has also been appointed as chair of the NICE guideline update on antenatal and postnatal mental health. The other authors declare no completing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LMH GF. Analyzed the data: SO HG KT. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: LMH SO. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: LMH SO HG KT GF. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: LMH SO HG KT GF. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: LMH SO HG KT GF.