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Article History

Received: 12 January 2025

Accepted: 16 April 2025

First Online: 29 April 2025

Declarations

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: Approval for the study was obtained from the Research Ethics Board at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto, Ontario (Approval # 2020-0090-B) and the study was conducted in adherence with the Declaration of Helsinki: Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects and Canada’s Tri-Council Policy Statement (TCPS 2): Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans. All study participants provided informed consent to participate. A dedicated research staff member conducted informed consent via telephone, secure video-visit, or in-person meetings.

: Not applicable.

: SV reports royalties from UpToDate Inc for authorship of materials related to depression and pregnancy. RG reports royalties from UptoDate Inc. for authorship of an article related to Pseudocyesis. RL has received honoraria for ad hoc speaking or advising/consulting, or received research funds, from Abbvie, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Bausch, BC Leading Edge Foundation, Brain Canada, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments, Carnot, CB Solutions, Healthy Minds Canada, Janssen, Lundbeck, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, MITACS, Neurotorium, Ontario Brain Institute, Otsuka, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Unity Health, and VGH-UBCH Foundation. The other authors indicated that they do not have competing interests to declare.