About the Authors

Keith Hawton

keith.hawton@psych.ox.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Suicide Research, University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom

Helen Bergen

Affiliation Centre for Suicide Research, University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom

Sue Simkin

Affiliation Centre for Suicide Research, University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom

Claudia Wells

Affiliation Office for National Statistics, Government Buildings, Newport, United Kingdom

Navneet Kapur

Affiliation Centre for Suicide Prevention, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

David Gunnell

Affiliation School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

KH and SS were temporary advisors to the MHRA for its evaluation of the efficacy and safety profile of co-proxamol. CW works for the Office for National Statistics. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KH HB SS. Analyzed the data: HB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CW. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: KH HB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: KH HB SS CW NK DG. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: KH HB SS CW NK DG. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: KH HB SS CW NK DG.