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Received: 6 October 2017

Accepted: 31 May 2018

First Online: 13 June 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Conduct of this study was supported by the Research Governance Office of St. Vincent’s Health, with advice that no formal ethics approval was required by the Human Research Ethics Committee at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, in this particular case, but that the case study be in line with ethical standards (applicable privacy guidelines and legislation). The research conducted in the manuscript followed the World Medical Association’s Declaration of Helsinki: ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects (2013) and the Australian Government’s National Health and Medical Research Council’s National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2007). The interview participants gave verbal informed consent prior to participation.

: Written informed consent was also obtained from the participants for publication of this case study and analysis. A copy of the written consent is available for review by the editor of this journal.

: Author Bridget Elizabeth Hamilton is currently acting as an Associate Editor for BMC Psychiatry. All other authors declare they have no conflicts of interests.

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