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- Title
Specificity of the links between workplace harassment and PTSD: primary results using court decisions, a pilot study in France.
- Authors
Bonafons, Claire; Jehel, Louis; Coroller-Béquet, Alain
- Abstract
France is one of the first countries to have passed specific legislation concerning "mental harassment" (In French the term used in the legislation is "harcèlement moral" referring to harassment or bullying leading to mental or psychological distress.) in the workplace. However, the definition of mental harassment at work remains fairly vague. It is, indeed, a complex issue, since no objective and precise consensual definition has been given so far. The objective of this study is to clarify the criteria that French judges consider as characteristic of mental harassment, and to check whether the specific links between mental harassment at work and PTSD pointed to in recent international studies have been taken into account. This study proposes the main lines for debate in countries that have not yet adopted legal clauses on mental harassment at work.
- Publication
International archives of occupational and environmental health, 2009, Vol 82, Issue 5, p663
- ISSN
1432-1246
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00420-008-0370-9