About the Authors

Judith Köhler

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

jkoehler2021@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Ines Heinz

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, German Alliance Against Depression, Leipzig, Germany

Roland Mergl

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Universität der Bundeswehr München, Institute of Psychology, Neubiberg, Germany

Anne Elsner

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation German Depression Foundation, Leipzig, Germany

Ulrich Hegerl

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations German Depression Foundation, Leipzig, Germany, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt (Distinguished Professorship funded by Dr. Senckenbergische Stiftung), Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Within the last three years, UH was an advisory board member for Janssen and a speaker for Servier and Medice. JK, IH, RM and AE have nothing to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials