Addressing moral injury in the military

Andrea J Phelps; A B Adler; S A H Belanger; C Bennett; H Cramm; L Dell; D Fikretoglu; D Forbes; A Heber; F Hosseiny; J C Morganstein; D Murphy; A Nazarov; D Pedlar; J D Richardson; N Sadler; V Williamson; N Greenberg; R Jetly

doi:10.1136/bmjmilitary-2022-002128

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Addressing moral injury in the military

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Andrea J Phelps Phoenix Australia Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
A B Adler Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
S A H Belanger Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research, Kingston, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
C Bennett New Zealand Defence Force, Wellington, New Zealand PubMed articles Google scholar articles
H Cramm School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
L Dell Phoenix Australia Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
D Fikretoglu Defence Research and Development Canada, Toronto Research Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
D Forbes Phoenix Australia Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
A Heber Veterans Affairs Canada, Charottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
F Hosseiny Canadian Centre of Excellence on PTSD and Related Mental Health Conditions, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
J C Morganstein Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
D Murphy Combat Stress, Leatherhead, UK King's Centre for Military Health Research, King's College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
A Nazarov Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada MacDonald Franklin Operational Stress Injury Research Centre, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
D Pedlar Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research, Kingston, Ontario, Canada School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
J D Richardson MacDonald Franklin Operational Stress Injury Research Centre, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
N Sadler Phoenix Australia Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
V Williamson Institute of Psychiatry Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
N Greenberg King's Centre for Military Health Research, King's College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
R Jetly Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
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Correspondence to Dr Andrea J Phelps, Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Phoenix Australia Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, Carlton, Victoria, Australia; ajphelps{at}unimelb.edu.au

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Phelps AJ, Adler AB, Belanger SAH Members of the Five Eyes Mental Health Research and Innovation Collaborative, et al

Addressing moral injury in the military

BMJ Mil Health 2024;170:51-55.

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Received March 29, 2022
Accepted June 4, 2022
First published June 15, 2022.

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January 25, 2024

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