About the Authors

Mera S. Barr

Affiliation Schizophrenia Program, Department of Psychiatry, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Faranak Farzan

Affiliation Schizophrenia Program, Department of Psychiatry, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Tamara Arenovich

Affiliation Biostatistical Consultant, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Robert Chen

Affiliation Division of Neurology, Toronto Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Paul B. Fitzgerald

Affiliation Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, The Alfred and Monash University School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Zafiris J. Daskalakis

Jeff_Daskalakis@camh.net

Affiliation Schizophrenia Program, Department of Psychiatry, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

MSB has received a studentship award from the Ontario Mental Health Foundation and is also a graduate student of the University of Toronto. FF has received a doctoral award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and is also a graduate student of the University of Toronto. TA is employed by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. RC was awarded a CIHR grant (MOP 62917), CIHR Industry Partnered (Medtronic Inc) Investigator Award and is employed by the Toronto Research Institute and by the University of Toronto. PBF has received a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Practitioner Fellowship and a Constance and Stephen Lieber through a National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) Lieber Young Investigator award. PBF has also received external funding from Neuronetics Inc and is employed by the Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, a joint research centre of Monash University and the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. ZJD has received a CIHR Clinician Scientist Award, an operating grant from the Ontario Mental Health Foundation, a Constance and Stephen Lieber through a National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) Lieber Young Investigator award, and external funding from Neuronetics Inc and Aspect Medical Inc and travel support through Pfizer Inc. ZJD is also employed by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and by the University of Toronto. The authors confirm that this does not alter their adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials..

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PBF ZJD. Performed the experiments: MSB FF. Analyzed the data: MSB FF TA. Wrote the paper: MSB ZJD. Data interpretation: MSB FF RC PBF ZJD. Manuscript revision: MSB FF TA RC PBF ZJD. Manuscript final approval: MSB FF TA RC PBF ZJD.