Moral Injury: Modern Approaches to the Definition of the Concept, Etiology, Diagnosis, and Psychotherapy

In this article, the authors reviewed foreign publications on the issue of moral injury, its causes, diagnosis, and psychotherapy. Foreign experts do not consider this phenomenon as a mental pathology. They define it as a syndrome characterized by a sense of shame, guilt, and obsessive thoughts as a...

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Main Authors: R. V. Kadyrov, O. B. Dmitrieva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kemerovo State University 2021-07-01
Series:Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета
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Online Access:https://vestnik.kemsu.ru/jour/article/view/5001
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description In this article, the authors reviewed foreign publications on the issue of moral injury, its causes, diagnosis, and psychotherapy. Foreign experts do not consider this phenomenon as a mental pathology. They define it as a syndrome characterized by a sense of shame, guilt, and obsessive thoughts as a consequence of one’s inability to prevent one’s own actions or the actions of other people. The authors made an attempt to compare and contrast the concepts of "post-traumatic stress disorder" and "moral injury". The review also featured psychotherapy of moral injury and methods of psychological first aid to different categories of people, e.g. psychologists, medical workers, and others. Unfortunately, the issue of moral injury still remains largely understudied in domestic science.
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spelling doaj.art-f805800e34f449e0a984f93d98f008492023-07-13T12:08:31ZengKemerovo State UniversityВестник Кемеровского государственного университета2078-89752078-89832021-07-0123243844610.21603/2078-8975-2021-23-2-438-4464360Moral Injury: Modern Approaches to the Definition of the Concept, Etiology, Diagnosis, and PsychotherapyR. V. Kadyrov0O. B. Dmitrieva1Pacific State Medical UniversityPacific State Medical UniversityIn this article, the authors reviewed foreign publications on the issue of moral injury, its causes, diagnosis, and psychotherapy. Foreign experts do not consider this phenomenon as a mental pathology. They define it as a syndrome characterized by a sense of shame, guilt, and obsessive thoughts as a consequence of one’s inability to prevent one’s own actions or the actions of other people. The authors made an attempt to compare and contrast the concepts of "post-traumatic stress disorder" and "moral injury". The review also featured psychotherapy of moral injury and methods of psychological first aid to different categories of people, e.g. psychologists, medical workers, and others. Unfortunately, the issue of moral injury still remains largely understudied in domestic science.https://vestnik.kemsu.ru/jour/article/view/5001post-traumatic stress disordermoral injurymoral damagepotential risk factorspsychotherapy of moral trauma
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Moral Injury: Modern Approaches to the Definition of the Concept, Etiology, Diagnosis, and Psychotherapy
Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета
post-traumatic stress disorder
moral injury
moral damage
potential risk factors
psychotherapy of moral trauma
title Moral Injury: Modern Approaches to the Definition of the Concept, Etiology, Diagnosis, and Psychotherapy
title_full Moral Injury: Modern Approaches to the Definition of the Concept, Etiology, Diagnosis, and Psychotherapy
title_fullStr Moral Injury: Modern Approaches to the Definition of the Concept, Etiology, Diagnosis, and Psychotherapy
title_full_unstemmed Moral Injury: Modern Approaches to the Definition of the Concept, Etiology, Diagnosis, and Psychotherapy
title_short Moral Injury: Modern Approaches to the Definition of the Concept, Etiology, Diagnosis, and Psychotherapy
title_sort moral injury modern approaches to the definition of the concept etiology diagnosis and psychotherapy
topic post-traumatic stress disorder
moral injury
moral damage
potential risk factors
psychotherapy of moral trauma
url https://vestnik.kemsu.ru/jour/article/view/5001
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