title: [Professional outcomes and psychological health after workplace bullying: an exploratory follow-up study].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The literature shows that workplace bullying can lead to negative consequences for both individuals' health and professional outcomes. Most of these studies used cross-sectional designs and self-report questionnaires and further research is needed in order to explore long-term effects of workplace bullying.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This follow-up study aimed to explore professional and psychological outcomes in a sample of subjects who required a specialized and multidisciplinary assessment for psychological problems related, in their opinion, to workplace bullying.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample includes 71 patients with a baseline diagnosis of work-related psychological disorder who were assessed at follow-up by means of a structured telephone interview. The interview included structured questions about professional career developments and psycho-somatic health, and administration of the General Health Questionnaire-12.
  
  
  RESULTS
  62.0% of the participants were currently working and, of these, 59.1% had changed workplace after experiencing mobbing. Patients who changed workplace scored significantly higher on job satisfaction levels (p&lt;0.01) and showed lower levels of social dysfunction (p&lt;0.01) compared to those who did not change their job. Patients with a baseline diagnosis of Adjustment disorder/Post-Traumatic Stress disorder had higher levels of general dysphoria (p&lt;0.04) and social dysfunction (p&lt;0.01) at follow-up than other patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings  stress the importance of an accurate diagnostic assessment of mobbing-related psychopathological disorder. Victims of workplace bullying require early and continuous psychological support in order to promote their psychological well-being and work reinstatement.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento, Università di Pavia. elenamaria.fiabane@unipv.it.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fiabane
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Flachi
authors.forename: Ines
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Giorgi
authors.forename: Ilaria
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Crepaldi
authors.forename: Stefano M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Candura
authors.forename: Fulvio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mazzacane
authors.forename: Piergiorgio
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Argentero
mesh_terms: D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D058445:Bullying / Q000523:psychology*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D007558:Italy; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D011613:Psychotherapy; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs