Sicurezza e benessere sul lavoro in psichiatria: Riflessioni e proposte.

Safety and well-being of health-care workers is a topic of current scientific debate. Available evidence shows that mental-health professionals are among those with the highest risk of being subject to violence in the workplace; they are also at risk of stalking, Burn-out and work-related stress. The Authors provide a comprehensive review of the scientific literature on these topics. This review showed that scarce data are available in Italy and international research may be not easily transferable to the Italian context. Collecting reliable data is crucial to orient evidence-based decisions on safety and wellbeing in Italian Mental health Department. This would allow the development of preventive measures, Risk reduction strategies, Training for professionals and recommendations for good practice. For these purposes, The authors propose the creation of regional observatories.