Unseen Battles: Understanding Moral Injury

Presenter: Leilani D. Mason

Description:

Moral injury is increasingly recognized as a distinct form of psychological suffering that extends beyond traditional fear-based models of trauma. Unlike PTSD, which is primarily rooted in responses to life-threatening events, moral injury develops when individuals experience, witness, or fail to prevent events that violate deeply held moral beliefs and values.

Learning Objectives:

Differentiate moral injury from PTSD, complex trauma, and other trauma-related conditions by identifying at least three distinguishing clinical characteristics.

Recognize at least five common cognitive, emotional, behavioral, relational, and spiritual manifestations of moral injury across diverse clinical populations.

Identify populations at increased risk for moral injury and describe how potentially morally injurious events (PMIEs) contribute to psychological distress.

Apply evidence-informed assessment strategies to identify indicators of moral injury and distinguish them from fear-based trauma responses during clinical evaluation.5. Describe at least three evidence-informed treatment approaches or interventions that promote moral repair, meaning-making, self-forgiveness, and restoration of identity.

3.0/Category 1 CE's