About the Authors

Premananda Indic

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Greg Murray

Affiliation Faculty of Life and Social Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

Carlo Maggini

Affiliation Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Mario Amore

Affiliation Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Tiziana Meschi

Affiliation Section of Internal Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Loris Borghi

Affiliation Section of Internal Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Ross J. Baldessarini

Affiliations International Consortium for Psychotic and Bipolar Disorders Research, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Paola Salvatore

psalvatore@mclean.harvard.edu

Affiliations Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, University of Parma, Parma, Italy, International Consortium for Psychotic and Bipolar Disorders Research, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PI PS. Performed the experiments: PS. Analyzed the data: PI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PI GM RJB PS. Wrote the paper: PI GM RJB PS. Supervision of clinical assessment: CM MA TM LB. Interpretation of findings: PI GM CM MA TM LB RJB PS. Statistical analysis: RJB GM.