The need for moral injury interventions is increasingly being recognized as a domain in Veteran care that must be addressed. Consequences of exposure to morally injurious events include risk for suicide, substance abuse, and refractory symptoms of PTSD and depression. Exposure to morally injurious events is also highly prevalent among Veterans. Thus, interventions addressing moral injury are crucial to helping Veterans build meaningful lives. Psychotherapies explicitly targeting moral injury and functional recovery associated with this construct are limited in VHA. The proposed study serves as a first step in addressing this gap in the literature through the development of a recovery-oriented, evidence-based treatment approach for moral injury among warzone Veterans who report functional impairments related to moral emotions. The proposed pilot study will evaluate the acceptability of this intervention and the feasibility of the design for a future study to test the treatment's capacity to improve patients' functioning.
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Client Satisfaction Questionnaire
Timeframe: Post-treatment (0-7 days after treatment completion)
Narrative Evaluation of Intervention Interview
Timeframe: Post-treatment (0-7 days after treatment completion)
Reasons for Termination (Client and Therapist Versions)
Timeframe: Post-treatment (0-7 days after terminating treatment)