A Blended Learning Course on the Diagnostics of Mental Disorders: Multicenter Cluster Randomized Noninferiority Trial

Gabriel Bonnin   ^{1, 2 *} , MSc ;   Svea Kröber   ^{1, 2 *} , PhD ;   Silvia Schneider   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Jürgen Margraf   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Verena Pflug   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Alexander L Gerlach   ³ , PhD ;   Timo Slotta   ³ , PhD ;   Hanna Christiansen   ^{2, 4} , PhD ;   Björn Albrecht   ^{2, 4} , PhD ;   Mira-Lynn Chavanon   ^{2, 4} , PhD ;   Gerrit Hirschfeld   ⁵ , PhD ;   Tina In-Albon   ⁶ , PhD ;   Meinald T Thielsch   ⁷ , PhD ;   Ruth von Brachel   ^{1, 2} , PhD

¹ Mental Health Research and Treatment Center (FBZ), Faculty of Psychology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

² German Center for Mental Health (DZPG), Bochum-Marburg, Germany

³ Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

⁴ Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Department of Psychology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany

⁵ Faculty of Business, University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

⁶ Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

⁷ Work and Environmental Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany

*these authors contributed equally