MORAL INJURY

Resources

Books:
Letters from a Fort Lewis Brig, Sgt. Kevin Benderman
Packing Inferno, Tyler Boudreau
The Unfinished War, Walter Capps
Soul Repair, Rita Brock and Gabriella Lettini
Letters from Abu Ghraib, Joshua Casteel
On Killing, David Grossman
Shade It Black, Jess Goodell and John Hearn
What It Is Like to go to War, Karl Marlantes
Road from Ar Ramadhi, Camilo Mejia
Until Tuesday, Luis Carlos Montalvan
Achilles in Vietnam, Jonathan Shay
The Untold War, Nancy Sherman
The Moral Treatment of Returning Warriors in Early and Modern Times, Bernard Vercamp

Websites:
www.conscienceinwar.org
www.brite.edu/soulrepair
www.ivaw.org/operation-recovery

Films:
Soldiers of Conscience (2007)
The Ground Truth (2006)
The Invisible War (2012)
Lioness (2008)
Restrepo (2010)
Stop-Loss (2008)
Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)
The Valley of Elah (2007)

Research References:
(Provided by Kent D. Drescher and others)

Ano, G. G., & Vasconcelles, E. B. (2005). Religious coping and psychological adjustment to stress: a meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 61(4), 461-480.

Brown, J.T., & Stoudemire, G.A. (1983). Normal and Pathological Grief. JAMA, 250, 378-382.

Drescher, K.D., Foy, D. W., Kelly, C., Leshner, A., Schutz, K., & Litz, B. (In Press). An Exploration of the Viability and Usefulness of the Construct of Moral Injury in War Veterans.
Traumatology.

Fontana, A., & Rosenheck, R. (2004). Trauma, change in strength of religious faith, and mental health service use among veterans treated for PTSD. J Nerv Ment Dis, 192(9), 579-584

Hoge, C.W., Castro, C.A., Messer, S.C., McGurlic, D., Cotting, D.I., & Koffman, R.L. (2004). Combat Duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, Mental Health Problems, and Barriers to Care, NEJM, 351(1),
13-22.

Hoge, C.W., Auchterlonie, J.L., Milliken, C.S. (2006). Mental Health Problems, Use of Mental Health Services, and Attrition From Military Service After Returning From Deployment to Iraq or
Afghanistan, JAMA, 295(9), 1023-1032.

Idler, E.L., Musick, M.A., Ellison, C.G., George, L.K., Krause, N., Ory, M.G., Pargament, K.I., Powell, L.H., Underwood, L.G., & Williams, D.R. (2003). Measuring Multiple Dimensions of Religion and Spirituality for Health Research : Conceptual Background and Findings from the 1998 General Social Survey. Research on Aging, 25(4), 327-365.

Litz, B.T., Stein, N., Delaney, E., Lebowittz, L., Nash, W.P., Silva, C., & Maguen, S. (2009). Moral Injury and Moral Repair in War Veterans: A Preliminary Model and Intervention Strategy. Clinical Psychology Review, 29, 695-706.

Maguen, S., Metzler, T. J., Litz, B. T., Seal, K. H., Knight, S. J., & Marmar, C. R. (2009). The Impact of Killing in War on Mental Health Symptoms and Related Functioning. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 22(5), 435-443.

Maguen, S., Lucenko, B. A., Reger, M. A., Gahm, G. A., Litz, B. T., Seal, K. H. et al. (2010). The Impact of Reported Direct and Indirect Killing on Mental Health Symptoms in Iraq War Veterans. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 23(1), 86-90.

McIntosh, D. N., Silver, R. C., & Wortman, C. B. (1993). Religion's role in adjustment to a negative life event: coping with the loss of a child. J Pers Soc Psychol, 65(4), 812-821

Park, C. (2005). Religion as a Meaning-Making Framework in Coping with Life Stress. Journal of Social Issues, 61(4), 707-729.

Peres, J. F., Moreira-Alameida, A., Nasello, A. G., & Koenig, H. G. (2007). Spirituality and resilience in trauma victims. Journal of Religion and Health, 46, 343-350.

Seal, K. H. et al. (2007). Bringing the War Back Home: Mental Health Disorders among 103,788 US Veterans Returning from Iraq and Afghanistan Seen at Department of Veterans Affairs Facilities. Archives of Internal Medicine, 167, 476-82.

Shin, Lisa M., Scott L. Rauch, and Roger K. Pittman. (July 2006). Amygdala, Medial Prefrontal Cortex, and Hippocampal Function in PTSD. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1071, 67- 79.

Wang, P.S., Berglund, P.A., & Kessler, R.C. (2003). Patterns and Correlates of Contacting Clergy for Mental Disorders in the United States. Health Services Research, 38(2), 647-673.

Wortman, J. H., & Park, C. L. (2008). Religion and spirituality in adjustment following bereavement: An integrative review. Death Studies, 32, 703-736.