Traumatized German soldiers with moral injury – value-based cognitive-behavioral group therapy to treat war-related shame

IntroductionDuring deployment, soldiers are confronted with potentially morally injurious events. In many cases, these events violate their personal values and belief systems, resulting in feelings of anger, alienation, guilt, and shame. The psychological distress caused by such transgressions is de...

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Main Authors: Caroline Diekmann, Leonie Issels, Christina Alliger-Horn, Heinrich Rau, Christian Fischer, Thomas Thiel, Gerd Willmund, Peter Zimmermann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1173466/full