[Mobbing: analysis of an ambulatory case load].

We present twenty outpatients (11 males; 9 females) who asked medical assistance, during the last two years, for psychopathological problems by them ascribed to "mobbing" in the work environment. Six subjects were employed in public institutions, 14 in private companies. All patients underwent occupational health specialistic visit, psychological counselling (including personality tests administration), and psychiatric evaluation. A psychopathological picture reasonably correlable to "mobbing" was diagnosed in four subjects only (20% of the cases), i.e. in a lower proportion than that reported by other investigators.