About the Authors

E. Fuller Torrey

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

torreyf@stanleyresearch.org

Affiliations Stanley Medical Research Institute, Kensington, Maryland, United States of America, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Michael B. Knable

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

Affiliations Clearview Communities, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America, George Washington University Medical School, Washington, DC, United States of America

A. John Rush

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Wendy W. Simmons

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Stanley Medical Research Institute, Kensington, Maryland, United States of America

John Snook

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Treatment Advocacy Center, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America

D. J. Jaffe

† Deceased.

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation MentalIllnessPolicyOrg, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: John Rush: A. John Rush has received consulting fees from Akili, Brain Resource Inc., Compass Inc., Curbstone Consultant LLC, Emmes Corp., Johnson and Johnson (Janssen), Liva-Nova, Mind Linc, Otsuka-US, Sunovion; speaking fees from Liva-Nova; and royalties from Guilford Press and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (for the Inventory of Depressive Symptoms and its derivatives). He is also named co-inventor on two patents: U.S. Patent No. 7,795,033: Methods to Predict the Outcome of Treatment with Antidepressant Medication, Inventors: McMahon FJ, Laje G, Manji H, Rush AJ, Paddock S, Wilson AS; and U.S. Patent No. 7,906,283: Methods to Identify Patients at Risk of Developing Adverse Events During Treatment with Antidepressant Medication, Inventors: McMahon FJ, Laje G, Manji H, Rush AJ, Paddock S. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The other authors have no disclosures or competing interests.