About the Authors
- Cristiane S. Paula
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* E-mail: csilvestrep09@gmail.com
Affiliations Programa de Pós-Graduação em Distúrbios do Desenvolvimento, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil, Departamento de Psiquiatria, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
- Isabel A. S. Bordin
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Affiliation Departamento de Psiquiatria, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
- Jair Jesus Mari
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Affiliation Departamento de Psiquiatria, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
- Luciane Velasque
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Affiliation Departamento de Matemática de Estatística. Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Luis A. Rohde
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Affiliation Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
- Evandro S. F. Coutinho
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Affiliation Departamento de Epidemiologia e Métodos Quantitativos em Saúde. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública-FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Competing Interests
There is none conflict of interest related to this article. Dr. Rohde (5th author) was on the speakers' bureau and/or acted as consultant for Eli-Lilly, Janssen-Cilag, Novartis and Shire in the last 3 years. The ADHD and Juvenile Bipolar Disorder Outpatient Programs chaired by him received unrestricted educational and research support from the following pharmaceutical companies in the last 3 years: Abbott, Eli-Lilly, Janssen-Cilag, Shire and Novartis. He also receives royalties for authorship from ArtMed and Oxford Press. He also received travel awards (air tickets and hotel costs) from Novartis and Janssen-Cilag in 2010 for taking part of two child psychiatric meetings. Dr. Mari (3rd author) received support for symposia speaker from Eli Lilly and Astra Zeneca. Neither of these supports is related to this particular article. Also, 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: CSP IASB JJM LAR. Performed the experiments: CSP IASB LAR. Analyzed the data: CSP LV ESFC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CSP LV ESFC. Wrote the paper: CSP IASB JJM LV LAR ESFC. Critical review of the literature: CSP.