Warnings against romanticising moral injury

Interest in the concept of moral injury among researchers, clinicians and policy makers can have undesirable consequences that are rarely considered. It can lead to misunderstanding of post-traumatic stress disorder, risks of primary and secondary gains for affected individuals and tertiary gains for third parties. This editorial calls for critical assessment of this sensitive matter.

 

 

Reference: 
Tine Molendijk | 2022
In: British Journal of Psychiatry ; ISSN: 0007-1250 | 220 | 1 | 1-3
https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2021.114
Keywords: 
Guilt, Humanities, Military Psychiatry, Moral Injury (eng), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Professional Ethics, Psychotrauma, PTSD (en), Shame, Systematic Review, Veterans