Correction: BMC Psychiatry (2024) 24:143https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-024-05600-x.

Following the publication of the original article [1], the authors identified that the number of years of psychological distress was incorrect. The sentence under the Results heading in the Abstract has been corrected.

The incorrect sentence is: WASI predicted psychological distress at year one, but not at year five.

The correct sentence is: WASI predicted psychological distress at year five, but not at year one.

The original article [1] has been corrected.