Old Memories, Fresh Wounds: Military Sexual Trauma Dr. Daniel Roberts, along with a partner, conducts a moral injury study for women veterans. (We are still looking for participants. If you are a female veteran and experienced something while serving that caused inner conflict or went against your moral values, consider contacting us: Contact Us Page). […]
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Why Male Clergy Need to Understand Moral Injury in Women Learn about moral injury in women veterans and the impact of military sexual trauma. In the United States, most clergy are male. Approximately 95% of U.S. Army chaplains are men (U.S. Army, 2014) and only 12% of churches have a woman in the senior leadership
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Caring Deeply about the Underserved Spiritual Support for Servicewomen By Dr. Daniel Roberts Sixteen years ago, I began a journey that would transform the rest of my life. In February of 2002, I entered the military chaplaincy as a member of the dominant group – a White, male, conservative Christian. In my prior service as
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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
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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,
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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,
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