About the Authors

Kathleen M. Griffiths

Kathy.Griffiths@anu.edu.au

Affiliation Centre for Mental Health Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Andrew J. Mackinnon

Affiliation Biostatistics Unit, Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Dimity A. Crisp

Affiliation Centre for Research in Ageing, Health and Wellbeing, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Helen Christensen

Affiliation Centre for Mental Health Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Kylie Bennett

Affiliation Centre for Mental Health Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Louise Farrer

Affiliation Centre for Mental Health Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Competing Interests

All authors declare that there are no competing interests that might be interpreted as influencing the research. Authors Kathleen Griffiths, Helen Christensen and Kylie Bennett have developed e-couch (http://ecouch.anu.edu.au), which is available free of charge on the Internet. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. 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: KG AM HC KB. Performed the experiments: DC KB. Analyzed the data: KG AM DC LF. Wrote the manuscript: KG. Critically edited the manuscript: AM DC HC KB LF. Oversaw the IT implementation of the project: KB.