“…Twelve studies controlled for confounders in their analysis with a wide range of confounders being considered, including sex, 31,44,[107][108][109] gender, 41,105,106 age, 41,44,83,106,110 ethnicity, 41,108 years and level of education, 31,41,109 IQ, processing speed, and verbal intelligence, 83 severity of CM, severity of (subclinical) depressive and anxiety symptoms, 82,83,111 duration of illness, 106 recent stressful events, 83 impulsivity and borderline personality disorder, 108 and psychotropic medication use. 106,110 The SCID-Structured Clinical Interview for DSM 112 was the most used diagnostic instrument (n = 18), three studies used the Mini International Psychiatric Interview, 42,103,107 one study used the Major Depression Inventory, 105 one study used clinical reports, 113 and five studies used an unstructured clinical interview based on DSM 97,[114][115][116]80 or ICD 44 criteria.…”