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"Conflict of interest statement: UW received funding for educational activities on behalf of Norrbotten Region (Masterclass Psychiatry Programme 2014-2018 and EAPM 2016, Luleå, Sweden): Astra Zeneca, Eli Lilly, Janssen, Novartis, Otsuka/Lundbeck, Servier, Shire, and Sunovion. UW has received a lecture honorarium from Lundbeck and is scheduled to deliver further educational activities.: DT has received research funding and lecture honoraria from Janssen, Mylan, Recordati, Lundbeck, and Sunovion.: FG has received support or honoraria from, Lundbeck, Otsuka and Sunovion, and has a family member with past professional links to Lilly and GSK. FG is in part supported by the National Institute for Health Research’s (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London, the Maudsley Charity and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration South London (NIHR ARC South London) at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.UW is Associate Editor and DT is Editor-in-Chief of Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology. Therefore, the peer review process was managed by alternative members of the Editorial Board and the submitting editors were not involved in the decision-making process."

"Funding: The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the Department of Psychiatry, Sunderby Hospital, Luleå, Region Norrbotten, Sweden."