About the Authors

Ricardo Gusmão

rgusmao@mac.com

Affiliations CEDOC, Departamento de Saúde Mental, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, Departamento de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Lisboa, Portugal

Sónia Quintão

Affiliation CEDOC, Departamento de Saúde Mental, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

David McDaid

Affiliation Personal Social Services Research Unit, LSE Health and Social Care, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom

Ella Arensman

Affiliation National Suicide Research Foundation, Cork, Ireland

Chantal Van Audenhove

Affiliation Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, LUCAS, Leuven, Belgium

Claire Coffey

Affiliation National Suicide Research Foundation, Cork, Ireland

Airi Värnik

Affiliation Estonian-Swedish Mental Health and Suicidology Institute (ERSI), Tallinn, Estonia

Peeter Värnik

Affiliation Estonian-Swedish Mental Health and Suicidology Institute (ERSI), Tallinn, Estonia

James Coyne

Affiliations Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Health Psychology Section, Department of Health Sciences, University Medical Center, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Ulrich Hegerl

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Competing Interests

Ricardo Gusmão, Sónia Quintão, David McDaid, Ella Arensman, Chantal Van Audenhove, Claire Coffey, Airi Varnik, Peeter Varnik and James Coyne have declared that no competing interests exist. Ulrich Hegerl read the journal’s policy and has the following conflicts: Dr. Hegerl is an advisory board member for Lilly and Lundbeck, a consultant for Nycomed and a speaker for Bristol-Myers Squibb. 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: RG SQ. Performed the experiments: RG SQ JC. Analyzed the data: RG SQ DM EA CVA CC AV PV JC UH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RG SQ DM EA CVA CC AV PV JC UH. Wrote the paper: RG SQ DM EA CVA CC AV PV JC UH. Obtained permission for use of cell line: RG SQ.