‘Not unique to war’: millions of Americans suffer from moral injury. What’s causing it?

Acting against your principles is recognized as a mental disorder in the DSM, psychologist Michael Valdovinos says Last year, the American Psychiatric Association for the first time added moral injury to their update of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). To experience moral injury is to be forced to act in ways or to witness actions that contradict your most deeply held convictions. Continue reading...

By Jo Livingstone