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Moral conflict in a (post)war story: Narrative as enactment of and reflection on moral injury

Abstract: This article examines the discursive construction of moral conflict in a military veteran's (post)war story. By closely examining the linguistic details of a single …

Measuring moral injury and treatment response in justice-involved Veterans: development and validation of a new moral injury scale

Abstract: With the explosion of Veteran Treatment Courts throughout the United States in the past decade has come more research into the effects of combat on justice-involved …

Moral injury: understanding Swedish veterans who are assessed but not diagnosed with PTSD

This article is based on an interview study of 24 Swedish veterans who experienced deteriorating mental health and increased suffering without meeting the criteria for a PTSD …

Moral distress and moral injury in military healthcare clinicians: A scoping review

Abstract: Background Healthcare clinicians are often at risk of psychological distress due to the nature of their occupation. Military healthcare providers are at risk for …

Pastoral narrative disclosure: the development and evaluation of an Australian chaplaincy intervention strategy for addressing moral injury

Abstract: This paper describes the development and initial chaplaincy user evaluation of 'Pastoral Narrative Disclosure' (PND) as a rehabilitation strategy developed for chaplains …

Perceptions of military experience among veterans reporting lifetime warzone moral injury

Abstract: Exposures to potentially morally injurious events (PMIEs) and possible moral injury are risk factors for a range of difficulties impacting individual functioning. …

Restore and Rebuild (R & R) - a feasibility pilot study of a co-designed intervention for moral injury-related mental health difficulties

Abstract: Background: Moral injury can significantly negatively impact mental health, but currently no validated treatment for moral injury-related mental health difficulties …

Moral injury is a risk factor for substance use and suicidality among us military Veterans with and without traumatic brain injury

Abstract: A national survey of United States veterans was conducted, yielding 252 veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and 1235 veterans without TBI. Participants were asked …

Mental health practitioners' development of vicarious resilience working with military families with a moral injury

Abstract: The development of vicarious resilience among mental health practitioners is essential to protect these workers from the indirect trauma they are exposed to from their …

Moral injury in women military members and Veterans: What do we really know?

Abstract: Moral injury describes and explains the biological, psychological, sociological, and spiritual wounds service members may develop when they are betrayed by leadership or …

Moral injury in post-9/11 combat-experienced military veterans: A qualitative thematic analysis

Abstract: War zone exposure is associated with enduring negative mental health effects and poorer responses to treatment, in part because this type of trauma can entail crises of …

Factors associated with exposure to potentially morally injurious events (PMIEs) and moral injury in a clinical sample of veterans

Abstract: Moral injury is not inevitable following exposure to a potentially morally injurious event (PMIE). Since moral injury is associated with poor mental health outcomes, it …