Work-related post-traumatic stress disorder: report of five cases

Autor: Alessia Gallozzi, Fabrizio Scafa, Claudia Negri, Emanuela Pettenuzzo, Stefano M. Candura
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Maintenance
Health
Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Adjustment disorders
Case Report
Work related
Occupational safety and health
Stress Disorders
Post-Traumatic
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Adjustment disorder
medicine
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Postal Service
Psychiatry
Psychological assessment
050107 human factors
Stalking
Crime Victims
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Work stress
Psycho-social risk
05 social sciences
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
Traumatic stress
Commerce
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
030210 environmental & occupational health
Mental health
Occupational Injuries
Occupational psychiatry
Occupational Diseases
Italy
Sexual Harassment
Workplace Violence
Female
Psychiatric interview
Psychology
Burns
Zdroj: Industrial Health
ISSN: 1880-8026
Popis: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may arise after events involving a risk to physical integrity or to life, one's own or that of others. It is characterized by intrusive symptoms, avoidance behaviors, and hyper-excitability. Outside certain categories (e.g., military and police), the syndrome is rarely described in the occupational setting. We report here five unusual cases of work-related PTSD, diagnosed with an interdisciplinary protocol (occupational health visit, psychiatric interview, psychological counselling and testing): (1) a 51 yr-old woman who had undergone three armed robbery attempts while working in a peripheral post office; (2) a 53 yr-old maintenance workman who had suffered serious burns on the job; (3) a 33 yr-old beauty center receptionist after sexual harassment and stalking by her male employer; (4) a 57 yr-old male psychiatrist assaulted by a psychotic outpatient; (5) a 40 yr-old woman, sales manager in a shoe store, after physical aggression by a thief. All patients required psychiatric help and pharmacological treatment, with difficulty of varying degrees in resuming work. We conclude that PTSD can develop even in professional categories generally considered to be at low risk. In such cases, a correct interdisciplinary diagnostic approach is fundamental for addressing therapy and for medico-legal actions.
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