About the Authors

Elaine W. Butterly

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Health and Wellbeing, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Peter Hanlon

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Health and Wellbeing, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Anoop S. V. Shah

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Laurie J. Hannigan

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Nic Waals Institute, Lovisenberg Diaconal Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Department of Mental Disorders, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway

Emma McIntosh

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Health and Wellbeing, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Jim Lewsey

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Health and Wellbeing, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Sarah H. Wild

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Bruce Guthrie

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Frances S. Mair

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Health and Wellbeing, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

David M. Kent

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Predictive Analytics and Comparative Effectiveness Center, Tufts Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sofia Dias

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Nicky J. Welton

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

David A. McAllister

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

david.mcallister@glasgow.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Health and Wellbeing, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests. NJW has received honoraria for training and masterclasses from: Association of British Pharmaceutical Industries, Campbell Ireland, Centre for Global Development, NICE International and NICE Scientific Advice, All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre, University of Leuven. NJW has delivered training for Takeda, ICON plc, and University of Galway for which payment was made to her institution. DM has received funding for this work from the Wellcome Trust.