The term moral injury was coined in the 1990s by psychiatrist Jonathon Shay who observed the presence of it in Vietnam military veterans. It refers to the trauma of behaving or witnessing experiences that go against a person’s values/moral beliefs.
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Read MorePost Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) develops in people who have experienced a traumatic event. It’s diagnosed when a person experiences its symptoms for at least a month after a trauma (click here for our page defining trauma) has occurred.
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