Military Matters: Moral Injury: A Brief Overview – Stephanie Ellickson-Larew, PhD, and Brett T. Litz, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Jun 1, 2019 | Military and Combat, StressPoints

Unlike single-incident civilian traumatic stress contexts, military combatants are at risk for exposure to a variety of distinct, potentially traumatic harms over a long period of time, all of which occur in a unique occupational, cultural and highly moral context. In...

Can trauma cause a moral injury? – Brandon Griffin, Natalie Purcell, Kristine Burkman & Shira Maguen

by ISTSS Blogs | Jan 1, 2019 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, JOTS Highlights, Military and Combat

There has been a growing interest in traumatic events that may violate people’s core moral beliefs. Exposure to these events sometimes results in psychological symptoms and functional difficulties called moral injury. While not exclusively a military-related...

Trauma and World Literature: Moral Injury – Scott Janssen

by ISTSS Blogs | Jan 1, 2019 | Military and Combat, StressPoints, Trauma and the Arts

The challenges for many soldiers returning from war go beyond the potential for PTSD, moral injury, traumatic bereavement and a range of associated risks from increased rates of suicide to a host of physical illnesses. For many, the wounds include a sense of having...

Trauma and World Literature: Moral Injury in The Trojan Women – Scott Janssen

by ISTSS Blogs | Oct 2, 2018 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, Military and Combat, StressPoints

Written during the slaughter of the Peloponnesian War which engulfed the Greek world in the fifth century BCE, Euripides’ play The Trojan Women is one of the most unsparing pieces of anti-war literature ever written.Written during the slaughter of the...

Military Matters: The Ohio Army National Guard Mental Health Initiative: Cohort Summary and Key Findings – Laura Sampson and Gregory H. Cohen

by ISTSS Blogs | Sep 1, 2018 | Military and Combat, StressPoints

Editor's Note: In the United States, the Army National Guard is a federal military reserve force stationed in each of the 50 states, three territories, and the District of Columbia. The Army National Guard (ARNG) has been increasingly deployed during recent...

Military Matters: Interpersonal Violence and Suicide Risk Among U.S. Army Soldiers – Oscar I. Gonzalez, PhD, James A. Naifeh, PhD, and Holly Herberman Mash, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Jun 1, 2018 | Military and Combat, StressPoints

Suicidal behaviors among U.S. Army soldiers increased sharply during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars (Nock et al., 2013; Ursano, Kessler, et al., 2015) and remain a major public health concern. The Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS)...