O’Reilly, Ken
O’Connell, Paul
O’Sullivan, Danny
Corvin, Aiden
Sheerin, James
O’Flynn, Padraic
Donohoe, Gary
McCarthy, Hazel
Ambrosh, Daniela
O’Donnell, Muireann
Ryan, Aisling
Kennedy, Harry G. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3174-3272
Article History
Received: 2 April 2019
Accepted: 26 November 2019
First Online: 19 December 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Research Ethics and Effectiveness Committee of the NFMHS (approval reference number AREE/290814) and complied with the ethical standards of the relevant national and institutional committees on human experimentation and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2008. All participants were assessed by their treating consultant psychiatrists as being able to provide informed consent for the study, and all participants gave written, informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests. Harry G. Kennedy is an associate editor of BMC Psychiatry but has had no editorial role in the processing of this manuscript.