About the Authors

Bruno Mendonça Coêlho

brunomendoncacoelho@yahoo.com.br

Affiliation Section of Psychiatric Epidemiology – LIM-23, Department and Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Laura Helena Andrade

Affiliation Section of Psychiatric Epidemiology – LIM-23, Department and Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Guilherme Borges

Affiliation División de Investigaciones Epidemiológicas y Sociales, Instituto Mexicano de Psiquiatría (IMP), México, D.F., Mexico

Geilson Lima Santana

Affiliation Section of Psychiatric Epidemiology – LIM-23, Department and Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Maria Carmen Viana

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine Post-Graduate Program in Public Health, Health Sciences Center, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES, Brazil

Yuan-Pang Wang

Affiliation Section of Psychiatric Epidemiology – LIM-23, Department and Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts: The main coordination center activities, at Harvard University, were supported by the United States National Institutes of Mental Health (R01MH070884), the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Pfizer Foundation, the US Public Health Service (R13-MH066849, R01-MH069864, and R01 DA016558), the Fogarty International Center (FIRCA R03-TW006481), the Pan American Health Organization, the Eli Lilly and Company Foundation, Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc., GlaxoSmithKline, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Shire. The authors confirm that this does not alter their adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BMC LHA MCV YPW. Performed the experiments: LHA MCV YPW. Analyzed the data: BMC LHA GLS YPW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BMC LHA YPW. Wrote the paper: BMC LHA GB GLS YPW. Obtained ethics committee permission for the study: LHA.