About the Authors

Jochen Seitz

jseitz@ukaachen.de

Affiliation Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Hospital, Aachen, Germany

Berrak Kahraman-Lanzerath

Affiliation Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Hospital, Aachen, Germany

Tanja Legenbauer

Affiliations Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Westphalia-Lippe Regional Association (LWL)-University Hospital Hamm of the Ruhr-University Bochum, Hamm, Germany, Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Westphalia-Lippe Regional Association (LWL)-University Hospital, Ruhr-University, Bochum Germany

Lea Sarrar

Affiliation Clinic for Audiology and Phoniatry, Charite University Hospital, Berlin, Germany

Stephan Herpertz

Affiliation Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Westphalia-Lippe Regional Association (LWL)-University Hospital, Ruhr-University, Bochum Germany

Harriet Salbach-Andrae

Affiliation Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Charite University Hospital, Berlin, Germany

Kerstin Konrad

Affiliation Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Hospital, Aachen, Germany

Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann

Affiliation Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Hospital, Aachen, Germany

Competing Interests

KK has received speaking fees from Lilly, Novartis and Medice. BHD and KK have an investigator-initiated trial (IIT) with Vivor AG on the effects of polyunsaturated fatty acids on brain maturation in children with or without ADHD; BHD is a member of Lilly’s advisory board for atomoxetine. None of the above authors is employed by any commercial company. No commercial company was involved in this study in any way. None of the authors receive financial contributions related to an increased sale of any of their products. This does not alter the authors‚ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KK BHD. Performed the experiments: BKL TL LS SH HSA. Analyzed the data: JS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KK BHD SH HSA. Wrote the paper: JS.