About the Authors

Syed Ahmer

syed.ahmer@aku.edu

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Abdul Wahab Yousafzai

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Naila Bhutto

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Sumira Alam

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Services Institute of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

Amanullah Khan Sarangzai

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Arshad Iqbal

Affiliation Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SA AWY. Performed the experiments: SA AWY NB SA AKS AI. Analyzed the data: SA AWY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SA AWY NB SA AKS AI. Wrote the paper: SA AWY NB SA AKS AI.