Financial conflicts of interest self-declared by the guideline authors
| Variables | Bipolar disorder (n=4) | Major depressive disorder (n=14) |
| Number of authors self-reporting conflicts of interest by category | ||
| Speaking compensation | 4 (100) | 11 (78.6) |
| Scholarship donation | 3 (75.0) | 6 (42.9) |
| Consulting payments | 0 (0) | 4 (28.6) |
| Collaborative research funds | 1 (25.0) | 2 (14.3) |
| Advisory board | 2 (50.0) | 1 (7.1) |
| Contracted research funds | 1 (25.0) | 0 (0) |
| Any category | 4 (100) | 12 (85.7) |
| Industry-reported payments to authors | ||
| Number of writing authors receiving payments from 2016 to 2020 by payment category, n (%) | ||
| Lecturing payments | 4 (100) | 14 (100) |
| Consulting payments | 4 (100) | 12 (85.7) |
| Writing payments | 4 (100) | 9 (64.3) |
| Any payment category | 4 (100) | 14 (100) |
| Total payment amounts to writing authors from 2016 to 2020, US$ | ||
| Lecturing payments | 399 929 | 1 073 071 |
| Consulting payments | 101 805 | 430 660 |
| Writing payments | 30 983 | 155 864 |
Proportion of authors reporting conflicts of interest were number of authors reporting conflicts of interest to the total number of writing authors.