Distinguishing war-related PTSD resulting from perpetration- and betrayal-based morally injurious events.

2017163 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Alexander Jordan · VA Boston Healthcare System

Ethan Eisen · VA Long Beach Healthcare System

Elisa Bolton · VA Boston Healthcare System

William P. Nash · United States Marine Corps

Brett T. Litz · VA Boston Healthcare System

Abstract

The associations of perpetration and betrayal with PTSD, controlling for danger-based combat events, highlight the limitations of conceptualizations and treatments of PTSD based on fear or helplessness as sole etiologic factors. (PsycINFO Database Record

Topics & Keywords

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Emotions and Moral Behavior Torture, Ethics, and Law

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Peace, Justice and strong institutions

Publication Details

Published in: Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy

Volume 9, Issue 6, pp. 627-634

DOI: 10.1037/tra0000249

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