About the Authors

Claudia Menne-Lothmann

c.lothmann@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, South Limburg Mental Health Research and Teaching Network, EURON, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Wolfgang Viechtbauer

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, South Limburg Mental Health Research and Teaching Network, EURON, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Petra Höhn

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, South Limburg Mental Health Research and Teaching Network, EURON, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Zuzana Kasanova

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, South Limburg Mental Health Research and Teaching Network, EURON, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Simone P. Haller

Affiliation Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

Marjan Drukker

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, South Limburg Mental Health Research and Teaching Network, EURON, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Jim van Os

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, South Limburg Mental Health Research and Teaching Network, EURON, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Visiting Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology King’s College London, King’s Health Partners Department of Psychosis studies Institute of Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom

Marieke Wichers

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, South Limburg Mental Health Research and Teaching Network, EURON, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Jennifer Y. F. Lau

Affiliation Psychology Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

co-authors Prof. Dr. Jim van Os and Dr. Marieke Wichers of the current meta-analysis are PLOS one editorial members. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CML JYFL WV MD MW JVO. Performed the experiments: CML PH ZK SPH. Analyzed the data: CML WV JYFL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WV. Wrote the paper: CML WV JYFL PH ZK SPH MD MW JVO.