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Article History

Received: 13 February 2025

Accepted: 3 July 2025

First Online: 23 July 2025

Declarations

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: IBH is a Professor of Psychiatry and the Co-Director of Health and Policy, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney. He has led major public health and health service development in Australia, particularly focusing on early intervention for young people with depression, suicidal thoughts and behaviours and complex mood disorders. He is active in the development through codesign, implementation and continuous evaluation of new health information and personal monitoring technologies to drive highly-personalised and measurement-based care. He holds a 3.2% equity share in Innowell Pty Ltd that is focused on digital transformation of mental health services. EMS is a Principal Research Fellow at the Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, a Consultant Psychiatrist and Adjunct Clinical Professor at the School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame. She previously served as the Discipline Leader for Adult Mental Health at Notre Dame until January 2025. In addition, she is a member of Medibank’s Medical and Mental Health Reference Groups. A/Prof Scott has also delivered educational seminars on the clinical management of depressive disorders, receiving honoraria from pharmaceutical companies including Servier, Janssen, and Eli Lilly. Moreover, she has contributed to a national advisory board for Pfizer’s antidepressant Pristiq and served as the National Coordinator for an antidepressant trial sponsored by Servier.

: This study was performed according to the Declaration of Helsinki (2008). The Northern Sydney Local Health District Human Research Ethics Committees approved this study (HREC/17/HAWKE/480), and all participants gave online informed consent (via an opt out process). Parental consent was required for those aged under 14-years.