Healthy control participants
depression, psychiatric, trauma
PHYSICAL ILLNESS
Inclusion criteria are: (1) no history of prior or current psychiatric diagnoses (Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-SCID); (2) no prior history of trauma on any of the CTQ subscales; (3) 21–60 years of age; and (4) sufficient knowledge of the local language to undergo assessments. Exclusion criteria are: (1) serious physical illness; and (2) any current psychotherapeutic or psychotropic treatment. Healthy controls will be group-matched on age and gender to participants in the treatment groups (Table Inclusion and exclusion criteria for healthy participants• No history of prior or current psychiatric diagnoses (based on Structural Clinical Interview-SCID)• CTQ: No prior history of trauma on any of the subscales• Age: 21–60 years• Sufficient knowledge of local language• Informed consent to study protocol• Serious physical illness that strongly affects the depression or is causal for the depression• Concurrent psychotherapy• Technical exclusion criteria for MRI (metallic tattoos, pacemakers, or other metal parts in the body etc., according to special guidelines of the local MRI team)