About the Authors
- Tom Bschor
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* E-mail: bschor@mailbox.tu-dresden.de
Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Schlosspark-Clinic, Berlin, Germany, Department of Psychiatry, Technical University of Dresden, University Hospital, Dresden, Germany, International Group for the Study of Lithium Treated Patients (IGSLI), www.igsli.org
- Dirk Ritter
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Technical University of Dresden, University Hospital, Dresden, Germany
- Patricia Winkelmann
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Technical University of Dresden, University Hospital, Dresden, Germany
- Sebastian Erbe
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Schlosspark-Clinic, Berlin, Germany
- Manfred Uhr
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Affiliation Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
- Marcus Ising
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Affiliation Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
- Ute Lewitzka
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Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Technical University of Dresden, University Hospital, Dresden, Germany, IWK Health Centre/Dalhousie University, Mood Disorder Research Clinic, Halifax, Canada, International Group for the Study of Lithium Treated Patients (IGSLI), www.igsli.org
Competing Interests
Over the past five years TB has received honoraria for speaking from Lilly, AstraZeneca, Esparma, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Sanofi-Aventis, Servier, and Lundbeck, and has accepted reimbursements of travelling expenses to congresses from AstraZeneca and Lilly. Over the past five years SE has accepted reimbursements of travelling expenses to congresses from AstraZeneca. Over the past five years MI has received grant support from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, and has been consultant to MSD Merck, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, United States of America. UL has received honoraria for speaking from AstraZeneca and has accepted reimbursements of travelling expenses to congresses from AstraZeneca and Lundbeck. The authors DR, PW and MU – except for income received from their primary employer – have received no financial support or compensation from any individual or corporate entity over the past five years for research or professional service. The authors declare for all authors that there are no personal financial holdings that could be perceived as constituting a potential conflict of interest. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TB UL DR. Performed the experiments: TB UL DR PW SE. Analyzed the data: MI MU DR TB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MU MI TB UL DR. Wrote the paper: TB.