Bringing Philosophy to Bear on Moral Injury and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Construct Validation: Commentary on Farnsworth (2019)

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 639-641 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheila B. Frankfurt ◽  
Alanna Coady
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Construct Validation ◽  
Moral Injury

Moral injury, posttraumatic stress disorder, and suicidal behavior among National Guard personnel.

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig J. Bryan ◽  
AnnaBelle O. Bryan ◽  
Erika Roberge ◽  
Feea R. Leifker ◽  
David C. Rozek
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
National Guard ◽  
Moral Injury

Shame on the brain: Neural correlates of moral injury event recall in posttraumatic stress disorder

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chantelle S. Lloyd ◽  
Andrew A. Nicholson ◽  
Maria Densmore ◽  
Jean Théberge ◽  
Richard W. J. Neufeld ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Neural Correlates ◽  
Moral Injury ◽  
Injury Event ◽  
Event Recall ◽  
The Brain

scholarly journals Resting‐state brain fluctuation and functional connectivity dissociate moral injury from posttraumatic stress disorder

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 442-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Delin Sun ◽  
Rachel D. Phillips ◽  
Hannah L. Mulready ◽  
Stephen T. Zablonski ◽  
Jessica A. Turner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Functional Connectivity ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Resting State ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Moral Injury

War and the Soul

The Good Kill ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 15-39
Author(s):  
Marc LiVecche
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Combat Veterans ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Clinical History ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
Moral Injury

Chapter 1 explores in greater detail both the medical and phenomenological foundations of moral injury and its consequences upon the morally injured. It examines the clinical history that led to the recognition of the need for a diagnosis different than, though related to, posttraumatic stress disorder, and it zeroes in on moral injury’s relationship to killing in combat. It goes on to demonstrate the ubiquity of the belief, even among warfighters, that killing is morally evil—even if it is also morally necessary in war. Through again referencing clinical work, and introducing some of the key clinicians focusing on the moral injury construct, the paradoxical relationship between killing and moral injury is then linked to the suicide crisis afflicting combat veterans.

Moral Injury in Military Members and Veterans

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karis L. Callaway ◽  
C. Richard Spates
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Behavioral Health ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Moral Injury ◽  
Service Members ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Military Members ◽  
Health Field

Discussions of morality and mobral transgressions in the context of warfare have resurfaced as professionals and service members alike attempt to understand its complexities. Recently, the behavioral health field has seen an increase in the availability of academic literature on moral injury, a concept related yet separate from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. However, extensive gaps in the knowledge remain. This article identifies what is currently understood about this construct, and aims to promote professional discussion, investigation, and field progression. Ultimately, advancements in the conceptualization of moral injury are expected to affect the services offered to the veteran and military member populations.

scholarly journals The Double-Headed Arrow of Trauma: The Morally Traumatised Perpetrator in Martin Amis’s Time’s Arrow

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-148
Author(s):  
Laura Roldán-Sevillano
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Moral Injury ◽  
The Us ◽  
Academic Publications ◽  
Recurrent Motifs ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Time’S Arrow

Martin Amis’s Time’s Arrow (1991) gave rise to much controversy when it came out, for this novella revolves around a traumatised Nazi doctor exiled in the US whose life is narrated in a disorienting reverse chronology by what would seem to be his own dissociated conscience. Despite the abundant academic publications on this experimental narrative, such as those that read it as a posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) piece of fiction, the origin of the protagonist’s damaged psyche and the diverse symptoms he suffers from have not yet been explored from the viewpoint of perpetrator trauma, a moral-related syndrome distinct from PTSD that affects victimisers haunted by remorse. Drawing on trauma theory and the recently developed concepts of perpetration-induced traumatic stress (PITS) and moral injury, this article aims to contribute to the scholarly conversation on Amis’s novella by arguing that its narrative voice, backwards temporality, intertextuality and recurrent motifs perform the perpetrator/protagonist’s moral-based trauma provoked by an acute sense of shameful guilt and the fear of being discovered. The article concludes by suggesting that, through this staggering work, Amis gives readers not only an opportunity to actively remember and reflect on the Nazi genocide but also an insight into trauma from an unusual but necessary perspective.

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