About the Authors

George A. Jelinek

g.jelinek@unimelb.edu.au

Affiliation Neuroepidemiology Unit, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Alysha M. De Livera

Affiliation Neuroepidemiology Unit, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Claudia H. Marck

Affiliation Neuroepidemiology Unit, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Chelsea R. Brown

Affiliation Neuroepidemiology Unit, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Sandra L. Neate

Affiliation Neuroepidemiology Unit, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Keryn L. Taylor

Affiliation Neuroepidemiology Unit, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Tracey J. Weiland

Affiliation Neuroepidemiology Unit, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Competing Interests

GJ receives royalties from his books Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis and Recovering from Multiple Sclerosis. GJ, SN and KT have received payments for conducting live-in educational workshops for people with MS. No other authors have conflicts of interest. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: GJ TW SN CM. Data curation: GJ CB CM TW. Formal analysis: ADL. Funding acquisition: GJ. Investigation: GJ CM TW SN CB KT. Methodology: GJ ADL TW CM. Project administration: GJ CM. Supervision: GJ. Visualization: GJ ADL CB. Writing – original draft: GJ. Writing – review & editing: GJ ADL CM TW SN CB KT.