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Article History

Accepted: 1 July 2021

First Online: 17 August 2021

Declarations

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: This research was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the American Psychological Association, relevant institutional review boards, and Helsinki Declaration.

: All individual participants included in the study provided informed consent for assessment and treatment.

: Dr. Vittengl is a paid reviewer for UpToDate. Dr. Clark has no financial interest or conflict of interest in the research. During the past three years, Dr. Thase has consulted with and/or served on advisory boards for AbVie (including Allergan and Forest Laboratories), Acadia, Alkermes, AstraZeneca, Axsome, Clexio, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson (includes Janssen), Lundbeck, Merck, Otsuka, Perception, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Sunovion, and Takeda; he has received grant support from Acadia, Axsome, Myriad (includes Assurerx), Johnson & Johnson (Janssen), Takeda, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute and the NIMH. He has received royalties from American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. (APPI), Guilford Publications, Herald House, UpToDate, and W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. Dr. Thase’s spouse is an employee of Peloton Advantage, which does business with several pharmaceutical companies. Dr. Jarrett is a paid consultant to the NIH, NIMH, and UpToDate. She has equity holdings in Amgen, Johnson and Johnson, and Procter and Gamble. Her medical center charges fees for the cognitive therapy she provides to patients.

: The study procedures and protocol were approved by the institutional review boards at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (both samples) and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (primary sample) and met the ethical standards of the American Psychological Association and Helsinki Declaration. All participants provided informed consent.