About the Authors

Sharon A. M. Stevelink

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

sharon.stevelink@kcl.ac.uk

Affiliations King’s Centre for Military Health Research, Department of Psychological Medicine, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Psychological Medicine, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Elena Opie

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliation King’s Centre for Military Health Research, Department of Psychological Medicine, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

David Pernet

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation King’s Centre for Military Health Research, Department of Psychological Medicine, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

He Gao

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources

Affiliation MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Paul Elliott

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

Affiliations MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, NIHR Imperial College Biomedical Research Centre, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, UK Dementia Research Institute at Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, London, United Kingdom, Health Data Research UK London at Imperial College London, Faculty of Medicine, St Mary’s Campus, London, United Kingdom

Simon Wessely

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation King’s Centre for Military Health Research, Department of Psychological Medicine, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Nicola T. Fear

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations King’s Centre for Military Health Research, Department of Psychological Medicine, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom, Academic Department of Military Mental Health, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Matthew Hotopf

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Psychological Medicine, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Neil Greenberg

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation King’s Centre for Military Health Research, Department of Psychological Medicine, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: SAMS and NTF salaries are part funded by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). NTF is a trustee (unpaid) of The Warrior Programme and the ADVANCE study charity, and is an independent advisor to the Independent Group Advising on the Release of Data (IGARD) for NHS Digital. NG is a trustee with two military charities, undertakes voluntary roles with the Royal College of Psychiatrists and runs his own psychological health consultancy. PE is associate director of the Health Data Research UK London funded by a consortium led by the UK Medical Research Council. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.