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ArticleMilitary psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association2021

Delivering treatment to morally injured UK military personnel and Veterans: The clinician experience.

Victoria Williamson, Dominic Murphy, Sharon A M Stevelink, Shannon Allen, Edgar Jones, Neil Greenberg

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Article in Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Identifying and mitigating moral injury risks in military behavioral health providers.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Victoria WilliamsonKing's Centre for Military Health Research, Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3110-9856
Dominic MurphyKing's Centre for Military Health Research, Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9530-2743
Sharon A M StevelinkKing's Centre for Military Health Research, Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7655-7986
Shannon AllenKing's Centre for Military Health Research, Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
Edgar JonesKing's Centre for Military Health Research, Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
Neil GreenbergKing's Centre for Military Health Research, Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4550-2971
King's College London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study explored the experiences of clinicians in providing treatment in cases of military-related moral injury (MI). Qualitative interviews were carried out with 15 clinicians. Clinicians found patients experienced particular maladaptive appraisals following MI, which were considered different from the responses experienced after threat-based trauma. To address MI-related distress, clinicians utilized a range of treatment approaches. Several difficulties in providing care to patients following MI were described, including the impact of providing treatment on the clinicians own mental health. This study provides detailed insight into the approaches currently used to identify and treat UK Veterans with MI-related psychological problems. These findings highlight the need to evaluate the effectiveness of the treatments currently provided for MI-related psychological problems and suggest developing best practice guidance may improve clinician confidence in delivering care to those adversely impacted by MI.

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clinicianmental healthmilitaryMoral injurypsychological treatmentqualitative methods

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PMID38536301
PMCPMC10013382
OpenAlexW3146038327

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