ArticleJRSM open2018
Journalists covering the refugee and migration crisis are affected by moral injury not PTSD.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 71 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence of occupational moral injury and post-traumatic embitterment disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2024Pooled it
- The relationship of trauma-related guilt with PTSD symptoms in adult trauma survivors: a meta-analysis.Psychological medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Cross-disciplinary insights on moral injury conceptualization and care: a qualitative study of expert perspectives.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- A scoping review of moral injury in refugees.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
- An examination of psychological distress and moral injury in journalists exposed to online harassment.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
- Geographical differences in the stress and distress of climate change journalists: An observational study.JRSM open · 2025Article
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- Civilian Moral Injury and Amygdala Functional Connectivity During Attention to Threat.Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging · 2024Article
- A scoping review of the impact of eco-distress and coping with distress on the mental health experiences of climate scientists.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Conceptualization of moral injury: A socio-cognitive perspective.Journal of military, veteran and family health · 2023Article
- Restore and Rebuild (R&R) - a feasibility pilot study of a co-designed intervention for moral injury-related mental health difficulties.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2023Article
- Moral injury in psychiatric patients with personality and other clinical disorders: development, psychometric properties, and validity of the Moral Injury Events Scale-Civilian Version.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2023Article
- News Journalists and Postruamatic Stress Disorder: a Review of Literature, 2011-2020.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2022Review
- Moral injury in healthcare professionals: A scoping review and discussion.Nursing ethics · 2021Article
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- Post-traumatic stress, personal risk and post-traumatic growth among UK journalists.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2021Article
- Brief Eclectic Psychotherapy for Moral Trauma (BEP-MT): treatment protocol description and a case study.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2021Article
- Moral injury in civilians: associations with trauma exposure, PTSD, and suicide behavior.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2021Article
- Delivering treatment to morally injured UK military personnel and Veterans: The clinician experience.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2021Article
- The Role of Moral Injury in PTSD Among Law Enforcement Officers: A Brief Report.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo explore the emotional health of journalists covering the migrations of refugees across Europe.
designDescriptive. A secure website was established and participants were given their unique identifying number and password to access the site.
settingNewsrooms and in the field.
participantsResponses were received from 80 (70.2%) of 114 journalists from nine news organisations.
main outcome measuresSymptoms of PTSD (Impact of Events Scale-revised), depression (Beck Depression Inventory-Revised) and moral injury (Moral Injury Events Scale-revised).
resultsSymptoms of PTSD were not prominent, but those pertaining to moral injury and guilt were. Moral injury was associated with being a parent (
conclusionsOn one level, the relatively low scores on conventional psychometric measures of PTSD and depression are reassuring. However, our data confirm that moral injury is a different construct from DSM-defined trauma response syndromes, one that potentially comes with its own set of long-term maladaptive behaviours and adjustment problems.
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