Citation

Galletta D, Confuorto M, Improta G, Marcelli V. J. Forensic Sci. Criminol. 2019; 7(1): 1-4.

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(Copyright © 2019, Annex Publishers)

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Abstract

Mobbing was defined by Leymann "a form of psychological terrorism that implies an unostentatious and unethical attitude in a systematic form by one or more subjects, usually towards a single individual who, because of this persecution, finds himself in a defenceless condition and becomes object of continuous vexatious and persecutory activities that recur with a systematic frequency and over a period of time that is not short, causing considerable mental, psychosomatic and social suffering" (Leymann, 1988) [1].

DSM-5 has underlined the correlation between mobbing and psychopathology. Post-traumatic stress disorder is frequently associated to a mobbing condition. Mobbing relates also to physical symptoms. In this study we present the case of a man who covered an important job position who was victim of mobbing. This man developed a serious anxious depressive symptomatology complicated by several physical damages such as arterial hypertension and a neurosensory acoustic deficit- sudden deafness- with the presence of subjective tinnitus. The subject received a psychological assessment including MMPI-2, Rorschach test and rating scales (SAS, SDS, HAM-D, HAM-A, STAI, DTS, Q-LES-Q) for the personality and symptomatology evaluation.

Finally, it was made a diagnosis of Post-traumatic stress disorder due to mobbing and associated to neurosensory hypoacusis with subjective tinnitus. Further researches should propose guidelines to prevent mobbing and improve working climate.

Keywords: Mobbing; Ptsd; Hypoacusis; Tinnitus; Psychological Assessment

Language: en