About the Authors

Ruth Ann Marrie

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

rmarrie@hsc.mb.ca

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, Department of Community Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Randy Walld

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

James M. Bolton

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Jitender Sareen

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Scott B. Patten

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Alexander Singer

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Lisa M. Lix

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Health Psychology, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Carol A. Hitchon

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

James J. Marriott

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Renée El-Gabalawy

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Clinical Health Psychology, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Alan Katz

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Community Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, Department of Family Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

John D. Fisk

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Nova Scotia Health Authority and the Departments of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, and Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

Charles N. Bernstein

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

for the CIHR Team in Defining the Burden and Managing the Effects of Psychiatric Comorbidity in Chronic Immunoinflammatory Disease

Membership in the CIHR Team in Defining the Burden and Managing the Effects of Psychiatric Comorbidity in Chronic Immunoinflammatory Disease is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: RAM receives research funding from: CIHR, Research Manitoba, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, Multiple Sclerosis Scientific Foundation, Crohn’s and Colitis Canada, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, CMSC, US Department of Defense, Government of Alberta; and has received funds from commercial sources Roche and Biogen. She is supported by the Waugh Family Chair in Multiple Sclerosis. RW reports no disclosures. JB receives research funding from CIHR, Brain and Behavior Research Foundation and the MS Society of Canada. JS receives research funding from CIHR and holds stocks in Johnson and Johnson. SP receives research funding from CIHR, the MS Society of Canada, Roche, Biogen and the Government of Alberta. AS has received financial and in-kind support from an IBM/CIMVHR Advanced Analytics Grant and Calian Inc. LL receives research funds from CIHR and NSERC. CH has research funds for unrelated studies from UCB Canada and Pfizer. RE receives research funds from CIHR, University of Manitoba Start-Up Funds National Research Council, New Frontiers in Research Fund, Health Sciences Centre Foundation, and the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine Academic Oversight Committee. AK receives research funds from CIHR, the Heart and Stroke Foundation and Research Manitoba. JF receives research funding from: CIHR, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, Crohn’s and Colitis Canada, the Nova Scotia Health Authority Research Fund; consultation and distribution royalties from MAPI Research Trust. CB receives research funds from CIHR, Crohn’s and Colitis Canada, Abbvie Canada, Pfizer Canada, Sandoz Canada; is an advisory board member for Abbvie Canada, Amgen Canada, Bristol Myers Squibb Canada, Janssen Canada Pfizer Canada, Roche Canada, Sandoz Canada, Takeda Canada; serves as a consultant to Takeda and Mylan Pharmaceuticals; and has also served on Speakers Bureaus for commercial sources: Abbvie Canada, Janssen Canada, Pfizer Canada. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.