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Beyond PTSD: A multi-case study exploring identity, moral injury, and spiritual injury

Abstract: This multi-case study explored Swedish military veterans’ experiences related to posttraumatic stress disorder, moral injury, and spiritual injury. Specifically, the …

Exposure to potentially morally injurious events, disruption in assumptive world, moral injury symptoms, and psychological distress among Israeli female veterans

Abstract: Exposure to potentially morally injurious events (PMIEs) during military service is associated with mental health problems. However, knowledge about these associations …

Closing the ranks: Bondedness, sense of self and moral injury during legacy case prosecutions

Abstract: This Grounded Theory study explored the effects of complicated grief and moral injury on veterans’ recovery from post-combat trauma. The main finding was that the …

The shaping of moral injury among UK military veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

Abstract: Objective Research on 'moral injury'-the psychological wound experienced by military personnel and other 'functionaries' whose moral values are violated-has proliferated …

Development of an intervention for moral injury-related mental health difficulties in UK military veterans: a feasibility pilot study protocol

Abstract: Experiencing potentially morally injurious events (PMIEs) has been found to be significantly associated with poor mental health outcomes in military personnel/veterans. …

It's All Very Well for Politicians in Whitehall to Run a War, But They're Not on the Ground: UK Military Veterans' Experiences of Betrayal-Based Moral Injury

Abstract: Moral injury (MI) has recently gained traction in the literature on military veteran distress; however, research often fails to distinguish between two widely cited yet …

Trajectories of functioning in a population-based sample of veterans: contributions of moral injury, PTSD, and depression

Abstract: Although research has shown that exposure to potentially traumatic and morally injurious events is associated with psychological symptoms among veterans, knowledge …

Moral injury and chronic pain in veterans

Abstract: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and chronic pain are highly prevalent and co-morbid among veterans. Moral injury (MI), which results from traumatic …

Recontextualising Moral Injury Among Military Veterans: An Integrative Theoretical Review

Abstract: Moral injury was originally conceived as a socially-inflicted wound of betrayal experienced by military veterans (Shay, 1994). However, moral injury has since been …

Defining and Assessing the Syndrome of Moral Injury: Initial Findings of the Moral Injury Outcome Scale Consortium

Abstract: Potentially morally injurious events (PMIEs) entail acts of commission (e.g., cruelty, proscribed or prescribed violence) or omission (e.g., high stakes failure to …

Addressing moral injury in the military

Abstract: Moral injury is a relatively new, but increasingly studied, construct in the field of mental health, particularly in relation to current and ex-serving military …

Patterns of Potential Moral Injury in Post-9/11 Combat Veterans and COVID-19 Healthcare Workers

Abstract: Background: Moral injury has primarily been studied in combat veterans but might also affect healthcare workers (HCWs) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective: To …