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Weber, Jeannette https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7023-7925
Hander, Nicole Rosalinde
Angerer, Peter
Mulfinger, Nadine
Schröder, Ute Beate
Hansmann, Marieke
Herold, Regina
Kröger, Christoph
Gündel, Harald
Rothermund-Nassir, Eva
Heming, Meike
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf. Anstalt öffentlichen Rechts
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Article History
Received: 22 May 2026
Accepted: 3 September 2026
First Online: 21 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval was obtained by the ethics committees of Ulm University in November 2020 (Application No. 339/20), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg in December 2020 (Application No. 525_20 Bc), Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf in January 2021 (Application No. 2021–1279) and University of Hildesheim Foundation in January 2021 (Application No. 165). Written informed consent to participate was obtained from all study participants.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: HG reports funding (no personal honoraria) of the Karl Schlecht Trust and that the topic of psychosomatic consultation services in the workplace is part of various lectures he gives at – mostly academic – symposia, often with a rather modest honorarium, also covering travel costs; participation on a Data Safety Monitoring Board only on a non-related scientific topic. He reports being past leader, e.g., APS council, board of German Psychosomatic Medicine and Director of a Psychodynamic Psychotherapeutic Institute (nonpaid), director of a self-help organizing committee in Ulm (unpaid) and being Medical Director of the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy which is offering psychosomatic consultation services in the workplace financed by companies. The employer of NH offers psychosomatic consultation services in the workplace financed by companies and Nicole Hander is working in it. NH. declares to have no further relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose. ERN reports honoraria for lectures she gives for companies or institutions or academic symposia, also covering travel costs and being Senior Physician and Deputy Director of the Dep. of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, which is offering psychosomatic consultation services in the workplace financed by companies. CK is a trainer in CBT and received fees from training institutes. Furthermore, he received fees for lectures on work-related CBT. The remaining authors declare that they have no competing interests.
