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Article History

Received: 31 October 2022

Accepted: 25 November 2022

First Online: 20 December 2022

Declarations

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: ART-CARMA will be conducted per the Declaration of Helsinki and Good clinical practice, adhering to principles outlined in the NHS Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care (2nd edition). Ethical approval has been obtained in London from the Camberwell St Giles Research Ethics Committee (REC reference: 21/LO/0825) and in Spain from the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital Ethics Committee (CEIm code: EOM(AG)004/2022(5944)). All staff working on the study have received training in study conduct, informed consent and risk assessment. RMT data will be pseudonymised and stored in a research database in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation. The informed consent process will ensure that participants understand the nature of the study, and the data being collected. Interested individuals will be sent the study materials, including information sheet and consent form to review. If, after reading, they wish to participate, they will be invited to an enrolment session which will involve the collection of written consent before the administration of any study procedures. They will understand that their privacy is protected and that they can withdraw at any time without giving a reason. Participants may not necessarily be in contact with healthcare services during the study, but for those that are, their relationships with their care teams will not be impacted by participation or withdrawal from the study.

: Not applicable.

: JARQ was on the speakers’ bureau and/or acted as consultant for Janssen-Cilag, Novartis, Shire, Takeda, Bial, Shionogi, Sincrolab, Novartis, BMS, Medice, Rubió, Uriach, Technofarma and Raffo in the last 3 years. He also received travel awards (air tickets + hotel) for taking part in psychiatric meetings from Janssen-Cilag, Rubió, Shire, Takeda, Shionogi, Bial and Medice. The Department of Psychiatry chaired by JARQ received unrestricted educational and research support from the following companies in the last 3 years: Janssen- Cilag, Shire, Oryzon, Roche, Psious, and Rubió. HL reports receiving grants from Shire Pharmaceuticals; personal fees from and serving as a speaker for Medice, Shire/Takeda Pharmaceuticals and Evolan Pharma AB; and sponsorship for a conference on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder from Shire/Takeda Pharmaceuticals and Evolan Pharma AB, all outside the submitted work. HL is editor-in-chief of JCPP Advances. JK has given talks at educational events sponsored by Medice; all funds are received by King’s College London and used for studies of ADHD.