About the Authors

Rinske A. Gotink

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, section Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Department of Radiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Paula Chu

Affiliation Department of Health Policy, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States of America

Jan J. V. Busschbach

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, section Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Herbert Benson

Affiliations Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States of America

Gregory L. Fricchione

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States of America

M. G. Myriam Hunink

m.hunink@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Department of Radiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RG JB MH. Performed the experiments: RG PC. Analyzed the data: RG PC. Wrote the paper: RG PC JB HB GF MH.