Resources

Include Materials Related to Moral Injury

Books

  • Bica, C. M. & Thomas, C. A. (2016). Beyond PTSD: The Moral Casualties of War (1st ed.). Gnosis Press. 
  • Carey, L. B., Swinton, J., & Grossoehme, D. (2018). Chaplaincy and spiritual care. In L.B., Carey & B., Mathisen (eds.) Spiritual care for allied health practice: A person-centered approach (pp. 229–257). Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
  • Keenan, M. J., Williams, L., Echevarria, C. (2020) Understanding & healing moral injury in people of service: Veterans, first responders & medical personnel. Center for Post Traumatic Growth.
  • Meagher, R. E. & Pryer, D. A. (Eds.) (2018). War and moral injury: A reader.  Cascade Books.
  • Nakashima, R. &  Lettini, G. (2012). Soul repair: Recovering from moral injury after war. Beacon Press.
  • Jonathan, S. (2010). Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming. Scribner.

Articles

  • Blinka, D. (2016). Moral injury in warriors and veterans: The challenge to social work. Social Work & Christianity, 43(3), 7–27.
  • Carey, L. B., Hodgson, T. J., Krikheli, L., Soh, R. Y., Armour, A.-R., Singh, T. K., & Impiombato, C. G. (2016). Moral injury, spiritual care and the role of chaplains: An exploratory scoping review of literature and resources. Journal of Religion and Health, 55(4), 1218–1245. https://.doi.org/10.1007/s10943-016-0231-x. PMID 27094705
  • Carey, L. B., & Hodgson, T. J. (2018). Chaplaincy, Spiritual care and moral injury: Considerations regarding screening and treatment. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9, 619. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00619
  • Chopko, B., & Papazoglou, K. (2017). The role of moral suffering (moral distress and moral injury) in police compassion fatigue and PTSD: An unexplored topic. Frontiers in Psychology, 8. https://doi,org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01999.
  • Drescher, K. D., Foy, D. W., Kelly, C., Leshner, A., Schutz, A., & Litz, B.T. (2011). An exploration of the viability and usefulness of the construct of moral injury in war Veterans. Traumatology, 17, 8-13. https:/doi.org/10.1177/1534765610395615
  • Farnsworth, J. (2014). The role of moral emotions in military trauma: Implications for the study and treatment of moral injury. Review of General Psychology, 18(4), 249–262. https://doi/org/10.1037/gpr0000018 
  • Gray, M.J., Schorr, Y., Nash, W., Lebowitz, L., Amidon, A., Lansiung, A. Maglione, M., Lang, A.J., & Litz, B.T. (2012). Adaptive Disclosure: An open trial of a novel exposure-based intervention for service members with combat-related psychological stress injuries. Behavior Therapy, 43, 407-415. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2011.09.001
  • Hodgson, T. J., & Carey, L. B. (2017). Moral injury and definitional clarity: Betrayal, spirituality and the role of chaplains. Journal of Religion and Health, 56 (4), 1212–1228. https:/doi.org/10.1007/s10943-017-0407-z
  • Jinkerson, J. D. (2016). Defining and assessing moral injury: A syndrome perspective. Traumatology, 22(2), 122–130. https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000069.
  • Litz, B. T., Stein, N., Delaney, E., Lebowitz, L., Nash, W. P., Silva, C., & Maguen, S. ( 2009). “oral injury and moral repair in war veterans: A preliminary model and intervention strategy” Clinical Psychology Review, 29(8), 695–706. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2009.07.003
  • Matthews, M. D. (2014). Stress among UAV operators: Posttraumatic stress disorder, existential crisis, or moral injury? Ethics and Armed Forces: Controversies in Military Ethics and Security Policy, 1, 53-57. http://www.ethikundmilitaer.de/en/full-issues/20141-drones/matthews-stress-among-uav-operators-posttraumatic-stress-disorder-existential-crisis-or-moral-injury/
  • Maguen, S., Lucenko, B. A., Reger, M. A., Gahm, G. A., Litz, B. T., Seal, K. H., Knight, S. J., & Marmar, C.R. (2010). The impact of reported direct and indirect killing on mental health symptoms in Iraq War Veterans. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 23(1), 86-90. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.20434
  • Nash, W. P., Mariano Carper, T. L., Mills, M. A., Au, T., Goldsmith, A., & Litz, B. T., (2013). Psychometric evaluation of the Moral Injury Events Scale. Military Medicine, 178 (6), 646-652. https://doi.org/10.7205/MILMED-D-13-00017
  • Shay, J. (2014). Moral injury. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 31(2), 182–191. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0036090
  • Steenkamp, M. M., Nash, W. P., Lebowitz, L., & Litz, B. T. (2013). How best to treat deployment-related guilt and shame: Commentary on Smith, Duax, and Rauch (2013). Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 20(4), 471-475. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2013.05.002

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