About the Authors

Justin Sinclair

Contributed equally to this work with: Justin Sinclair, Laura Collett

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

19948081@student.westernsydney.edu.au

Affiliation NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Laura Collett

Contributed equally to this work with: Justin Sinclair, Laura Collett

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bristol Trials Centre, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Jason Abbott

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation School of Women’s and Children’s Health, UNSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia

David W. Pate

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Jerome Sarris

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Professorial Unit, The Melbourne Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Mike Armour

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Translational Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: As a medical research institute, NICM Health Research Institute receives research grants and donations from foundations, universities, government agencies, individuals and industry. Sponsors and donors also provide untied funding for work to advance the vision and mission of the Institute. The authors declare no competing financial interests. JS is the recipient of a Western Sydney University Postgraduate Research Scholarship. J.Sarris has received either presentation honoraria, travel support, clinical trial grants, book royalties, or independent consultancy payments from: Australian Natural Therapeutics Group (being a scientific advisor to Australian Natural Therapeutics Group: a cannabis grower and manufacturer), Integria Healthcare & MediHerb, Pfizer, Scius Health, Key Pharmaceuticals, Taki Mai, Fiji Kava, FIT-BioCeuticals, Blackmores, Soho-Flordis, Healthworld, HealthEd, HealthMasters, Kantar Consulting, Angelini Pharmaceuticals, Grunbiotics, Polistudium, Research Reviews, Elsevier, Chaminade University, International Society for Affective Disorders, Complementary Medicines Australia, SPRIM, Terry White Chemists, ANS, Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research, Sanofi-Aventis, Omega-3 Centre, the National Health and Medical Research Council, CR Roper Fellowship. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.