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Military Sexual Trauma and Moral Injury: Understanding the Difference Military sexual trauma (MST) comprises a range of harmful experiences, including rape, sexual coercion, attempts at forcible sexual contact, and sexual harassment (Conrad et al., 2014). Estimates vary across studies, and the definitions that the Veterans Administration (VA) has used over the years have changed, as […]

The Many Tentacles of Moral Injury While the term moral injury (MI) was originally envisioned to address the gap between PTSD and what Vietnam veterans were experiencing after returning from the war, our understanding of the phenomenon has grown (Shay, 2014). Due to recent scholarly work in various fields, such as servicewomen, healthcare, social work,

What is Moral Injury? Moral Injury(MI) is the inner conflict or loss a person feels when they are a witness to, a participant in, or the target of any event that violates their moral values. Events can include: Killing in combat Sexual assault Hazing and Harassment Witnessing abuse and not being able to stop it,