About the Authors

Brett D. Thombs

brett.thombs@mcgill.ca

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

Michelle Roseman

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

James C. Coyne

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

Peter de Jonge

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

Vanessa C. Delisle

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

Erin Arthurs

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

Brooke Levis

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

Roy C. Ziegelstein

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

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Drs. Thombs and Ziegelstein were authors of a study on the diagnostic accuracy of depression screening tools that was included in this systematic review. Dr. de Jonge was an author of two studies on the treatment of depression. No other authors have any conflicts of interest to declare. No authors have any relationship to industry. 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: BT MR JC PD RZ. Performed the experiments: BT MR VD EA BL. Analyzed the data: BT MR. Wrote the paper: BT MR. Revised manuscript critically: BT MR JC PD VD BL EA RZ. Approved final manuscript for submission: BT MR JC PD VD BL EA RZ.