Moving beyond accuracy to overcome translational barriers in depression relapse prediction – Nature Mental Health

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Author notes

1. These authors contributed equally: Nils R. Winter and Marius Gruber.

Authors and Affiliations

1. Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

   Nils R. Winter, Marius Gruber, Tim Hahn & Jonathan Repple

2. Institute for Machine Learning in Medicine with focus area psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

   Nils R. Winter & Tim Hahn

3. Goethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Frankfurt, Germany

   Marius Gruber & Jonathan Repple

4. Goethe University Frankfurt, Cooperative Brain Imaging Center – CoBIC, Frankfurt, Germany

   Marius Gruber & Jonathan Repple

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Nils R. Winter.

Competing interests

J.R. received speaker’s honoraria from Janssen, Hexal, Neuraxpharm and Novartis. M.G. has received remuneration from Janssen for consultancy services. T.H. has received remuneration from SpringHealth for consultancy services.