Distinguishing war-related PTSD resulting from perpetration-and betrayal-based morally injurious events

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 627-634

  Jordan, Alexander H ^a,b   Eisen, Ethan ^c   Bolton, Elisa ^a   Nash, William P ^d   Litz, Brett T ^a  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d National Headquarters   (United States)

Author keywords

Military; Moral injury; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Service members; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ANGER; HUMAN; MORALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOLDIER; WAR; WAR EXPOSURE;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; ANGER; COMBAT DISORDERS; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MORALS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR EXPOSURE;

EID: 85008430504     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/tra0000249     Document Type: Article

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