About the Authors

Harvey A. Whiteford

h.whiteford@uq.edu.au

Affiliations University of Queensland, School of Public Health, Herston, Queensland, Australia, Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Wacol, Queensland, Australia, University of Washington, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Alize J. Ferrari

Affiliations University of Queensland, School of Public Health, Herston, Queensland, Australia, Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Wacol, Queensland, Australia, University of Washington, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Louisa Degenhardt

Affiliations University of Washington, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, UNSW Australia, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, New South Wales, Australia, University of Melbourne, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Victoria, Australia

Valery Feigin

Affiliation Faculty of Health and Environmental Studies, National Institute for Stroke and Applied Neurosciences, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand

Theo Vos

Affiliation University of Washington, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HAW AJF LD TV. Analyzed the data: HAW AJF LD TV. Wrote the paper: HAW AJF LD VF TV.