The effects of hypnotherapy compared to cognitive behavioral therapy in depression: a NIRS-study using an emotional gait paradigm.

"Declarations Conflict of interestsThe authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. Ethics approvalThis study was approved with a positive ethics vote by the Ethics Committee of the University Hospital of Tuebingen (061/2015B02). Consent to participateAll participants gave their written informed consent to participate in the study. Conflict of interests The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest."

"Funding Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL. This study was financially supported by the Milton-Erickson Society for Clinical Hypnosis, Germany (M.E.G.). Funding was used to grant a small, monetary time compensation to all subjects and a part-time wage for the study coordinator. The funding source did not have any further involvement in the study."