Citation

Kopacz MS, Connery AL, Bishop TM, Bryan CJ, Drescher KD, Currier JM, Pigeon WR. Complement. Ther. Med. 2016; 24: 29-33.

Affiliation

US Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 2 Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention, Canandaigua, NY, United States; University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ctim.2015.11.003

PMID

26860798

Abstract

Moral injury represents an emerging clinical construct recognized as a source of morbidity in current and former military personnel. Finding effective ways to support those affected by moral injury remains a challenge for both biomedical and complementary and alternative medicine. This paper introduces the concept of moral injury and suggests two complementary and alternative medicine, pastoral care and mindfulness, which may prove useful in supporting military personnel thought to be dealing with moral injury. Research strategies for developing an evidence-base for applying these, and other, complementary and alternative medicine modalities to moral injury are discussed.

Language: en