Malhi, Gin S.Marsh, JoanOngur, DostCosci, FiammettaKrystal, John H.Cropsey, Karen L.Wegener, GregersRedline, SusanPariante, Carmine M.Hageman, IdaCarter, CameronRief, WinfriedEmsley, RobinDelisi, Lynn E.Cipriani, AndreaCrespo-Facorro, BenedictoKisely, SteveYatham, Lakshmi N.Looi, Jeffrey C.L.Mulder, RogerTandon, RajivDazzan, Paola2025-12-232025-12-230007-1250PubMed:40268759ORCID:/0000-0003-3351-6911/work/192699574https://hdl.handle.net/1885/733796954Recent changes in US government priorities have serious negative implications for science that will compromise the integrity of mental health research, which focuses on vulnerable populations. Therefore, as editors of mental science journals and custodians of the academic record, we confirm with conviction our collective commitment to communicating the truth.B.C.-F. is the Editor-in-Chief of the Spanish Journal of Psychiatry and Mental Health. B.C.F. has received grant funding from the European Commission under Horizon Health Europe, Fundacion Progreso y Salud, the Ministry of Health, Comunidad Autonoma de Andaluc\u00EDa and the National Institute of Health Carlos III, Ministry of Health, Spain. In addition, he has received a research grant funding from Lundbeck and educational grants from Johnson & Johnson, Rovi and Otsuka-Lundbeck. A.C. is the Editor-in-Chief of BMJ Mental Health. A.C. has received research, educational and consultancy fees from INCiPiT (Italian Network for Paediatric Trials), the CARIPLO Foundation, Lundbeck and Angelini Pharma, and is supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Oxford Cognitive Health Clinical Research Facility, by a NIHR Research Professorship (grant RP-2017-08-ST2-006), by the NIHR Oxford and Thames Valley Applied Research Collaboration, by the NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (grant NIHR203316) and by the Wellcome Trust (GALENOS Project). The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the UK National Health Service, the NIHR or the UK Department of Health and Social Care. S.K. is the Editor-in-Chief of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. S.K. is also a member of the international editorial board of BJPsych, BJPsych Open and BJPsych International. However, S.K. did not take part in the review or decision-making process of this submission to BJPsych. As a researcher he has received grant funding from the National Health Medical Research Council in Australia and the Australian Research Council. G.S.M. has received grant funding from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the National Health Medical Research Council in Australia, Australian Rotary Health, NSW Health, Ramsay Research and Teaching Fund and the North Foundation in Sydney. He also presently holds an ignition grant from the University of Sydney and the National University of Taiwan. In addition, he has received an educational grant from Lundbeck and research grant funding for an investigator initiated study (IIS) from Jansen. G.W. is the Editor-in-Chief of Acta Neuropsychiatrica and has received research grants from Horizon Europe, the Independent Research Fund, Denmark, the Lundbeck Foundation and the Novo Nordisk Foundation. He has received educational grants from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, the Lundbeck Foundation, speaker/advisory board fees from J&J, Inc., H. Lundbeck A/S, Eli Lilly A/S, Takeda-Shire AB and Medice GmbH. Neurotorium and research grant funding from H. Lundbeck A/S, Alkermes, Inc., and Arla Foods Ingredients P/S. L.N.Y. is the Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. L.N.Y. has received grant funding from Abbvie and Sumitomo Pharma and has been a member of the advisory board/a consultant or a speaker for Abbvie, Alkermes, Intracelular Therapies, LivaNova, Merck, Neurotorium, Newron, Xenon and Sumitomo in the last 3 years. S.R. is the incoming Editor-in-Chief for Sleep Health and received grant funding from the NIH in the USA and consulting fees from Eli Lilly, Inc. R.M. is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of Personality and Mental Health and has received grants from the Health Research Council of New Zealand. C.M.P is the Editor-in-Chief of Brain, Behavior and Immunity (BBI) and the associated journals, BBI Health and BBI Integrative. C.M.P. has received speaker\u2019s fees from Varde Partners and research funding from Compass Pathways. W.R. is the Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Psychology in Europe. W.R. receives funding for research (e.g. as spokesperson of the LOEWE Excellence Center DYNAMIC, funded by the Hessian Ministry of Science and Arts LOEWE1/16/519/03/09.001(0009)/98, and from the German Research Foundation DFG, e.g. CRC 289 \u2018Treatment Expectation\u2019, Project-ID: 422744262). He also received speaker\u2019s fees from Boehringer Ingelheim in 2022.3en© The Author(s), 2025. 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