About the Authors

Ulrich Cuntz

Affiliations Klinik Roseneck - Center for Behavioral Medicine, Prien, Germany, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Paul Enck

paul.enck@uni-tuebingen.de

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine VI: Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Tübingen, Germany

Erich Frühauf

Affiliation Klinik Roseneck - Center for Behavioral Medicine, Prien, Germany

Peter Lehnert

Affiliation Medical Department - Innenstadt, University Clinic of Munich, Munich, Germany

Rudolf L. Riepl

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine VI: Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Tübingen, Germany

Manfred M. Fichter

Affiliation Klinik Roseneck - Center for Behavioral Medicine, Prien, Germany

Bärbel Otto

Affiliation Medical Department - Innenstadt, University Clinic of Munich, Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UC EF PL RLR MMF BO. Performed the experiments: UC EF RLR BO. Analyzed the data: UC PE BO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: UC PL RLR MF. Wrote the paper: UC PE BO.