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ID (ISN) del documento46478
Número CIS 86-1446
ISSN - Título de la serie Cahiers de médecine du travail - Cahiers voor arbeidsgeneeskunde
Año 1986
Número de serie
Autor(es) Hallot R., Jortay A., De Jonghe C.
Título Psychological, medical and social consequences of hold-ups in post offices
Título original Conséquences psycho-médico-sociales des hold-up contre la régie des postes [en francés]
Información bibliográfica 1986, Vol.23, No.1, p.57-69.
Resumen This survey is an attempt at evaluating the human cost of armed robberies committed against workers in the Belgian Post Office. The results of medical examinations, of a questionnaire survey and of an analysis of sickness leave records were used to evaluate 381 hold-ups involving 1,108 victims. Save for a few exceptional cases, health complaints by the victims are of a psychological origin, with psychosomatic symptoms. Persistence of these symptoms, and a tendency for the development of phobia of being attacked, were noted among the victims. Therapeutic and prophylactic measures are suggested. The questionnaires used are given in the appendix.
Descriptores (primarios) servicios postales; violencia; efectos psicológicos
Descriptores (secundarios) encuesta por cuestionario; Bélgica
Tipo de documento D - Artículos periódicos
Tema(s) Cemercio, servicios, oficinas
Broad subject area(s)
Navegación por categoria(s) Mental health
Communications industry
Violence
Violence and terrorism