About the Authors

Karina Lovell

karina.lovell@manchester.ac.uk

Affiliation Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom

Peter Bower

Affiliation NIHR School for Primary Care Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Judith Gellatly

Affiliation Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom

Sarah Byford

Affiliation King's Health Economics, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

Penny Bee

Affiliation Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom

Dean McMillan

Affiliation Hull York Medical School & Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Catherine Arundel

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Simon Gilbody

Affiliation Hull York Medical School & Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Lina Gega

Affiliation Hull York Medical School & Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Gillian Hardy

Affiliation Centre for Psychological Services Research, Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Shirley Reynolds

Affiliation School of Psychology, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

Michael Barkham

Affiliation Centre for Psychological Services Research, Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Patricia Mottram

Affiliation Cheshire & Wirral Partnership, NHS Foundation Trust, Wallasey, United Kingdom

Nicola Lidbetter

Affiliation Anxiety UK, Manchester, United Kingdom

Rebecca Pedley

Affiliation Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom

Jo Molle

Affiliation Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom

Emily Peckham

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Jasmin Knopp-Hoffer

Affiliation NIHR School for Primary Care Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Owen Price

Affiliation Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom

Janice Connell

Affiliation ScHARR, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Margaret Heslin

Affiliation King's Health Economics, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

Christopher Foley

Affiliation Department of Public Health & Primary Care, Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Faye Plummer

Affiliation Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford, United Kingdom

Christopher Roberts

Affiliation Centre for Biostatistics, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

MB was the lead investigator in the development of the CORE-OM, a measure used in the reported study. Funding was from the Mental Health Foundation during the period 1995–1998. MB has never received any financial payment in relation to the measure and holds no financial interest in it. In January 2016, the CORE-OM was placed under Creative Commons Agreement. NL is Chief Executive of Anxiety UK and Director of Mental Health for the Big Life group and Self Help (Services). DM is co-applicant on UK National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) grants, in addition to the OCTET trial, funded by the NIHR Health Technology Assessment funding stream. As part of the peer-review process for funding, peer-reviewers identified by the NIHR may provide comments on the design, analysis, and interpretation of results. However, ultimately all stages of the research are under the control of the research team. There is no influence on the writing of the paper or the decision to submit the results for publication. DM is additionally a board member of UK NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Yorkshire and Humberside Committee. This Board was not involved in any way in the funding of the OCTET trial.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: KL PBo SB PBe DM SG LG GH SR MB PM NL CR. Data curation: CR SB CF MH JG CA. Formal analysis: CR SB CF MH. Funding acquisition: KL PBo SB PBe DM SG LG GH SR MB PM NL CR. Investigation: RP JM EP JKH OP JC FP. Methodology: KL PBo SB PBe DM SG LG GH SR MB PM NL CR. Project administration: JG CA. Resources: JG SB CA MH CF CR. Software: SB MH CF CR. Supervision: KL JG PBe DM CA LG GH MB. Validation: KL PBo JG SB PBe DM CA SG LG GH SR MB PM NL RP JM EP JKH OP JC MH CF FP CR. Visualization: KL PBo JG SB PBe DM CA SG LG GH SR MB PM NL RP JM EP JKH OP JC MH CF FP CR. Writing – original draft: KL PBo JG SB MH CR. Writing – review & editing: KL PBo JG SB PBe DM CA SG LG GH SR MB PM NL RP JM EP JKH OP JC MH CF FP CR.