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"PG received during the last 5 years fees for presentations at congresses or participation in scientific boards from Angelini, EISI, Janssen, Lundbeck, Otsuka, Pileje and Merk. The other authors declare no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship and/or publication of this article."

"Funding: The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article: The present work was supported by Janssen, who had no involvement in the design, organization, analysis or preparation for publication of this EGOFORS initiative, but instead was under full responsibility of its 11 members (Yoram Barak, Roberto Cavallaro, Silvana Galderisi, Philip Gorwood, Lars Helldin, Robert Hunter, Pierre-Michel Llorca, Henrik Lublin, Dieter Naber, Joseph Peuskens, Luis San and Alp Uçok)."