Intergenerational Colonial Trauma Syndrome (ICTS) : A Critical Framework for Understanding the Continuum of Genocidal Trauma

This paper introduces the concept of Intergenerational Colonial Trauma Syndrome (ICTS) as a necessary intervention in trauma studies, critiquing the Western psychiatric model that frames trauma as a discrete past event. PTSD, a widely accepted framework, assumes that trauma occurs as an isolated moment, after which healing is possible. However, for colonized and oppressed populations experiencing ongoing systemic violence, forced displacement, and genocide, trauma is not a past event but a continuous, inherited condition that is structurally reinforced. 

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Does the University of Groningen have a Responsibility to Redress its Colonial History?

This dissertation answers the question: In what ways is the University of Groningen (RUG) historically connected to Dutch colonialism, and should the university address this legacy? Through analysing historical artifacts, including gravestones located in the Academy Building, the university’s founding act (The Eternal Edict), and The Tree of Knowledge mural, this study demonstrates that the RUG has been linked to colonial structures since its foundation in 1614.

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Just War Theory for Morale and Moral Injury : Beyond Individual Resilience

Issues of moral well-being among soldiers, such as morale and moral injury, are predominantly approached as individual and psychological concerns. Current interventions tend to emphasize bolstering soldiers’ individual resilience by instilling a sense of justification and purpose. Yet, paradoxically, such an approach can foster behavior in soldiers that later results in deep regrets and a sense of betrayal toward military and political leaders.

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Moral injury and quality of life among military veterans

Introduction Moral injury concerns transgressive harms and the outcomes that such experiences may cause. A gap in the literature surrounding moral injury, and an outcome that may be important to include in the mounting evidence toward the need for the formal clinical acknowledgement of moral injury, has to do with the relationship between moral injury and quality of life. No studies have examined this relationship in US military veterans—a population that is disproportionately exposed to potentially morally injurious events.

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Intergenerational Trauma : Exploring the Trauma of Children of Veterans of the Last War in Kosovo

This study explores intergenerational trauma among the children of veterans from the most recent War in Kosovo (1998-1999). Intergenerational trauma is defined as the transmission of trauma across generations, affecting the psychological and emotional well-being of children. Using a qualitative approach, 7 participants Were interviewed to analyze the impact of parental trauma on their development. The study focuses on identifying the mechanisms of trauma transmission and the coping strategies children use in response to their parent’s experiences.

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Examining Moral Injury in Legal-Involved Veterans : Psychometric Properties of the Moral Injury Events Scale

Background: Veterans comprise about 8% of the incarcerated US population. Legal system involvement may result in exposure to events that violate moral expectations (ie, moral injury). Currently, there are no validated measures for assessing legal-related moral injury.

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Moral Injury : An Overview of Conceptual, Definitional, Assessment, and Treatment Issues

Moral injury (MI) is a potential clinical problem characterized by functionally impairing moral emotions, beliefs, and behaviors as well as adverse beliefs about personal or collective humanity and life's meaning and purpose. MI can arise from personal transgressive acts or from being a victim of or bearing witness to others’ inhumanity. Despite widespread interest in MI, until recently, there was no reliable measure of MI as an outcome, and prior research has revealed little about its causes, consequences, and intervention approaches.

 

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Constructing moral stance in intergenerational trauma memory narratives

Approaches to intergenerational memory (IgM) view it as a construct between personal and collective remembering in family stories impacting identity development. This article explores the dynamic construction of moral stance as a narrative dimension within the context of intergenerational perpetrator trauma memory accounts embedded in descendant life history narratives. Four retellings of the same IgM narrative constitute the longitudinal case study to demonstrate the construction of a moral stance by shifting the focus from what had happened to reveal the perspectives in retrospect.

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Preventing common mental health problems in war-affected populations : the role of digital interventions

The full-scale Russian Federation invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has profoundly impacted the lives of millions, and resulting in numerous losses, including the loss of loved ones, health, possessions, social status, and security (1, 2).

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Exploring the potential of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy for moral injury : A scoping review

This scoping review addresses the need to comprehensively explore the potential of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy (PAP) to facilitate recovery from moral injury. Moral injury (MI), characterized by profound psychological distress arising from morally challenging experiences, has garnered increased attention as a complex mental health concern with significant functional sequelae, especially in the context of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

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