About the Authors

Donald Edmondson

dee2109@columbia.edu

Affiliation Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Safiya Richardson

Affiliation College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Louise Falzon

Affiliation Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Karina W. Davidson

Affiliation Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Mary Alice Mills

Affiliation Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Yuval Neria

Affiliations New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DE SR KD YN. Performed the experiments: SR AF. Analyzed the data: DE. Wrote the paper: DE YN SR MM KD. Conducted literature searches, abstracted data from published literature, contacted external authors, and wrote the Methods section: SR LF. Conducted statistical analyses and responsible for the contents of the manuscript: DE.