About the Authors

Anna Meijer

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Center for Psychiatric Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Michelle Roseman

Affiliations Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, Quebéc, Canada

Katherine Milette

Affiliations Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montréal, Quebéc, Canada

James C. Coyne

Affiliations Behavioral Oncology Program, Abramson Cancer Center and Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Health Psychology Section, Department of Health Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Michael E. Stefanek

Affiliation Office of Research Administration, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

Roy C. Ziegelstein

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Erin Arthurs

Affiliation Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Allison Leavens

Affiliation Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Steven C. Palmer

Affiliation LIVESTRONG Survivorship Center of Excellence, Cancer Control, and Outcomes, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Donna E. Stewart

Affiliations Women's Health Program, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Departments of Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Family and Community Medicine, Medicine, Surgery and Anesthesia, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Peter de Jonge

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Center for Psychiatric Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Brett D. Thombs

brett.thombs@mcgill.ca

Affiliations Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, Quebéc, Canada, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Quebéc, Canada, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Quebéc, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal‘s policy and have the following conflicts: one co-author, Dr. Stewart, is a consultant for the Depression Global Advisory Board for Eli Lilly, and the Cymbalta Pregnancy Registry, and was a consultant for the Depression Advisory Board for Wyeth until 2009. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist. 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: AM MR KM JC MS RZ SP DS PdJ BT. Performed the experiments: AM MR KM EA AL BT. Analyzed the data: AM BT. Wrote the paper: AM BT. Critical revision of manuscript: AM MR KM JC MS RZ SP DS PdJ BT EA AL. Statistical analyses: AM BT EA. Obtained funding: BT.