Mobbing prevention and types of assistance to the victims

Mobbing - psychological abuse at workplace is a phenomenon perpetually existing in the work organizations. Exceedingly important is to detect mobbing in the work organizations before it educe wide and severe effects not only on the victim, but also on the work organization itself. In this article, the mobbing prevention at the level of work organization, health and legal system is discussed. The types of victim assistance are also addressed. Moreover, the author’s experience in working with mobbing victims at the Work Clinic in Milan, i.e. in the ‘Center for prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of occupational maladjustment, is briefly described.