About the Authors

Sebastian Kohlmann

s.kohlmann@uke.de

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center, and Schön Clinic Hamburg-Eilbek, Hamburg, Germany

Benjamin Gierk

Affiliations Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center, and Schön Clinic Hamburg-Eilbek, Hamburg, Germany, Department of Psychiatry, Asklepios Clinic North Ochsenzoll, Hamburg, Germany

Alexandra M. Murray

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center, and Schön Clinic Hamburg-Eilbek, Hamburg, Germany

Arne Scholl

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center, and Schön Clinic Hamburg-Eilbek, Hamburg, Germany

Marco Lehmann

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center, and Schön Clinic Hamburg-Eilbek, Hamburg, Germany

Bernd Löwe

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center, and Schön Clinic Hamburg-Eilbek, Hamburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK BL. Performed the experiments: SK BG AS. Analyzed the data: SK BG ML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM BL. Wrote the paper: SK AM BL. Full access to all of the data in the study and responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis: SK BL. Involved interpreting the data: SK BG AM AS ML BL. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: SK BG AM AS ML BL. Obtained funding for the study: BL. Had access to the data: SK BG ML BL. Had final responsibility for the decision to submit the paper for publication: SK.