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Impact of morally injurious traumatic event exposure on cognitive processing therapy outcomes among Veterans and service members

Stefanie T LoSavio,W. Hale,Casey L. Straud,J. S. Wachen,J. Mintz,S. Young-McCaughan,Sarah Vacek,Jeffrey S. Yarvis,D. Sloan,Donald D. McGeary,Daniel J Taylor,T. Keane,A. Peterson,P. Resick

Published 2023 in Journal of Military Veteran and Family Health

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LAY SUMMARY Military personnel frequently report actions taken by themselves or others that violate deeply held moral beliefs, which can be experienced as a kind of moral injury. Some have questioned whether existing treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), such as cognitive processing therapy, are effective for those who have been exposed to a morally injurious traumatic event. These analyses demonstrate that active duty service members and Veterans seeking treatment for PTSD who reported potentially morally injurious trauma had PTSD and depression outcomes that were as good as those whose traumas were not primarily seen as morally injurious, suggesting that cognitive processing therapy is an efficacious treatment for PTSD in the context of morally injurious trauma.

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