Gewalt und Diskriminierung am Arbeitsplatz: Gesundheitliche Folgen und settingbezogene Ansätze zur Prävention und Rehabilitation

TY - JOUR

T1 - Gewalt und Diskriminierung am Arbeitsplatz: Gesundheitliche Folgen und settingbezogene Ansätze zur Prävention und Rehabilitation

AU - Nienhaus, Albert

AU - Drechsel-Schlund, Claudia

AU - Schambortski, Heike

AU - Schablon, Anja

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - Violence in the workplace is a widespread problem that manifests itself in very different forms. The consequences for victims and companies are equally diverse. Sexual harassment is a special form of violence at the workplace. Violence may come from external perpetrators (attacks on cashiers) or from persons inside a company or establishment (colleagues, patients, people in care). Statutory accident insurance institutions in Germany (UV, "Unfallversicherungsträger") receive approximately 16,000 occupational injury reports per year that resulted from violence and led to extended incapacity to work. The numbers are increasing steadily. Particularly affected by violence are people working in healthcare and social welfare. Both psychological and physical violence can lead to severe disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). To avoid violence, technical, organisational, and personal protective measures are needed. The training of de-escalation officers in the areas affected can be helpful. For victims of psychological and physical violence in the workplace, the UV offers special psychotherapeutic support and recommends the training of first-aiders.

AB - Violence in the workplace is a widespread problem that manifests itself in very different forms. The consequences for victims and companies are equally diverse. Sexual harassment is a special form of violence at the workplace. Violence may come from external perpetrators (attacks on cashiers) or from persons inside a company or establishment (colleagues, patients, people in care). Statutory accident insurance institutions in Germany (UV, "Unfallversicherungsträger") receive approximately 16,000 occupational injury reports per year that resulted from violence and led to extended incapacity to work. The numbers are increasing steadily. Particularly affected by violence are people working in healthcare and social welfare. Both psychological and physical violence can lead to severe disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). To avoid violence, technical, organisational, and personal protective measures are needed. The training of de-escalation officers in the areas affected can be helpful. For victims of psychological and physical violence in the workplace, the UV offers special psychotherapeutic support and recommends the training of first-aiders.

U2 - 10.1007/s00103-015-2263-x

DO - 10.1007/s00103-015-2263-x

M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz

C2 - 26497815

VL - 59

SP - 88

EP - 97

JO - BUNDESGESUNDHEITSBLA

JF - BUNDESGESUNDHEITSBLA

SN - 1436-9990

IS - 1

ER -