Psychotherapists’ perspectives on collaboration and stepped care in outpatient psychotherapy—A qualitative study

• Kerstin Maehder ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: k.maehder@uke.de

  Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4032-0933

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• Bernd Löwe,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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• Martin Härter,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Psychology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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• Daniela Heddaeus,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Psychology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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• Olaf von dem Knesebeck,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Sociology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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• Angelika Weigel

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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