Stalking is a widespread phenomenon. Lifetime prevalence of stalking victimization among adults is about 11 %. Stalking should not be seen as a harmless irritation but must be taken seriously as a health care problem. Victims have a significantly worse state of psychiatric morbidity and often seek help from physicians and therapists. Knowledge of the phenomenon stalking is still insufficiently widespread and health care for stalking victims is inadequate. Recent studies have shown that stalking is not restricted to the private sector. There are job-related risk situations that enhance the risk of becoming a stalking victim. So far job-related stalking cases have been widely neglected and should become an important new issue in occupational medicine. A guideline for a procedure to be followed in cases of job-related stalking is presented.
