Piat, Myra
Melville-Richards, Lucy
Wainwright, Megan
Sofouli, Eleni
Albert, Hélène
Rivest, Marie-Pier
Graham, Ian D.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (FRN 175126)
Article History
Received: 22 November 2024
Accepted: 16 December 2025
First Online: 25 December 2025
Declarations
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: The Research Ethics Boards of the following organizations approved this study: 1 Douglas Mental Health University Institute (Québec) REB # 21 − 19; 2 Vitalité Health Network (New Brunswick) and 3 Université de Moncton (New Brunswick). Informed consent was obtained from all study participants who signed a consent form and retained a copy. Service users were offered a small monetary compensation for their time and other expenses.
: Yes.
: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (2022) guidelines were used to conduct this study. There were no experiments on people and no human tissues. Our study was an observational study not an experimental one.
: The authors declare no competing interests.