Moral injury, coherence, and spiritual repair

In the PTSD literature, moral injury represents dissonance between a person’s beliefs about how they and the world should function, and the trauma event(s) they experienced. Given the association of moral injury with the assumptive world, it is not surprising the concept is closely intertwined with...

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VerfasserInnen: Starnino, Vincent R. (VerfasserIn) ; Sullivan, W. Patrick (VerfasserIn) ; Angel, Clyde T. (VerfasserIn) ; Davis, Loaunne W. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Taylor & Francis 2019
In: Mental health, religion & culture
Jahr: 2019, Band: 22, Heft: 1, Seiten: 99-114
weitere Schlagwörter:B Posttraumatic growth
B military veterans
B posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
B spiritually integrated care
B Moral Injury
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Zusammenfassung:In the PTSD literature, moral injury represents dissonance between a person’s beliefs about how they and the world should function, and the trauma event(s) they experienced. Given the association of moral injury with the assumptive world, it is not surprising the concept is closely intertwined with spiritual concerns. This paper reports on a spiritually integrated group intervention designed to help veterans with PTSD in the process of moral and spiritual repair. Qualitative findings are shared from interviews conducted with 18 participants who completed the intervention. Themes are centred around participants’ overall response to their experience in the group; where they are at regarding feelings such as guilt, shame, anger, trust, sense of betrayal, and desire for forgiveness; changes in religious/spiritual beliefs and practices and the experience of moral injury; and if they now find meaning in the trauma. The findings support the need for additional treatment options that address the moral and spiritual aspects of trauma.
ISSN:1469-9737
Enthält:Enthalten in: Mental health, religion & culture
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2019.1589439