About the Authors

Yu-Tao Xiang

Contributed equally to this work with: Yu-Tao Xiang, You-Hong Li

xyutly@gmail.com (YTX); si.tian-mei@163.com (TMS)

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Robert W. Buchanan

Affiliation Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Gabor S. Ungvari

Affiliations School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, The University of Notre Dame Australia/Marian Centre, Perth, Australia

Helen F. K. Chiu

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Kelly Y. C. Lai

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

You-Hong Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Yu-Tao Xiang, You-Hong Li

Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Mental Health & Peking University Institute of Mental Health, Beijing, China

Tian-Mei Si

xyutly@gmail.com (YTX); si.tian-mei@163.com (TMS)

Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Mental Health & Peking University Institute of Mental Health, Beijing, China

Chuan-Yue Wang

Affiliation Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Edwin H. M. Lee

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Yan-Ling He

Affiliation Department of Psychiatric Epidemiology, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai, China

Shu-Yu Yang

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Mian-Yoon Chong

Affiliation Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University School of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Ee-Heok Kua

Affiliation Department of Psychological Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Senta Fujii

Affiliation Hyogo Institute for Traumatic Stress (HITS), Kobe, Japan,

Kang Sim

Affiliation Department of General Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health, Buangkok View, Singapore, Singapore

Michael K. H. Yong

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Alexandra Hospital/Jurong Health Services, Singapore, Singapore

Jitendra K. Trivedi

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, C.S.M. Medical University UP, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Eun-Kee Chung

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, National Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Pichet Udomratn

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand

Kok-Yoon Chee

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Tunku Abdul Rahman Institute of Neuroscience, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Norman Sartorius

Affiliation Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programs, Geneva, Switzerland

Chay-Hoon Tan

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Naotaka Shinfuku

Affiliation Department of Social Welfare, School of Human Sciences, Seinan Gakuin University, Fukuoka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NS CHT MYC EHK GSU NS. Performed the experiments: YTX CYW YHL TMS EHML YLH GSU HFKC SYY MYC NS CHT EHK SF KS MKHY JKT EKC PU KYC. Analyzed the data: YTX CYW TMS GSU. Wrote the paper: YTX RWB CYW TMS EHML YLH GSU HFKC KYCL SYY MYC NS CHT EHK SF KS MKHY JKT EKC PU KYC NS. Contributed to and approved the final manuscript: YTX RWB GSU HFKC KYCL YHL TMS CYW EHML YLH SYY MYC EHK SF KS MKHY JKT EKC PU KYC NS CHT NS.