{"id":302,"date":"2023-04-27T14:59:24","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T18:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/litzlab\/?page_id=302"},"modified":"2024-01-10T16:14:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T21:14:10","slug":"additional-resources-on-moral-injury","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/litzlab\/additional-resources-on-moral-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Additional Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The Moral Injury Outcome Scale and Materials<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In 2022, Dr. Litz and colleagues published their findings from an international study that aimed to define the syndrome of moral injury and develop and validate the Moral Injury Outcome Scale (MIOS) in three stages. The findings resulted in the development of a 14-item MIOS that was invariant and reliable across countries and has two subscales: <em>Shame-Related<\/em>\u00a0(SR) and\u00a0<em>Trust-Violation-Related<\/em> (TVR) Outcomes (Litz et al., 2022). <a href=\"\/litzlab\/files\/2023\/04\/MIOS-main-paper-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">You can read more about the study here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below you can find links to relevant MIOS materials:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/litzlab\/files\/2023\/05\/Moral-Injury-Outcome-Scale-_Research-form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Research version of the MIOS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/litzlab\/files\/2023\/05\/Brief-MIOS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brief version of the MIOS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/litzlab\/files\/2023\/05\/Moral-Injury-Outcome-Scale-MIOS-Scoring-Instructions-and-Preliminary-Recommendations-for-Determining-Extent-of-Moral-Injury-June-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scoring instructions along and preliminary recommendations for determining the extent of moral injury<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>MIRECC \/ CoE Moral Injury Webpage<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to learn more about moral injury, you can find additional background information and resources on moral injury on this VA webpage c<span>o-developed <\/span>by Dr. Litz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirecc.va.gov\/visn17\/moralinjury.asp\">here<\/a>. You can also watch a presentation given by Dr. Litz in October of 2022 as part of the &#8220;MIRECC Presents&#8221; series, titled &#8220;Moral Injury: An Overview of Conceptual, Definitional, Assessment, and Treatment Issues&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/va-eerc-ees.adobeconnect.com\/_a1089657440\/pbp0xw4n5lvm\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, you can find PDFs of a selection of Dr. Litz&#8217;s work on moral injury below:<\/p>\n<h3>Select Publications on Moral Injury<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Litz, B. T. (2023). The future of moral injury and its treatment. <em>Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health<\/em>, <em>9<\/em>(2), 1\u20135. <a href=\"\/litzlab\/files\/2023\/04\/The-future-of-MI-and-its-treatment-Litz-editorial.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Benfer, N., Vannini, M. B. N., Grunthal, B., Darnell, B. C., Zerach, G., Levi-Belz, Y., &amp; Litz, B. T. (2023). Moral injury symptoms and related problems among service members and Veterans: A network analysis. <em>Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health<\/em>, <em>9<\/em>(2), 52\u201371. <a href=\"\/litzlab\/files\/2023\/04\/Benfer-et-al.-network-analysis-of-MI.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Litz, B. T., Plouffe, R. A., Nazarov, A., Murphy, D., Phelps, A., Coady, A., Houle, S.A., Dell, L., Frankfurt, S., Zerach, G., Levi-Belz, Y., &amp; the Moral Injury Outcome Scale Consortium. (2022). Defining and assessing the syndrome of moral injury: Initial findings of the Moral Injury Outcome Scale Consortium. <i>Frontiers in Psychiatry<\/i><span>,\u00a0<\/span><i>13<\/i>, 1-13<span>. <a href=\"\/litzlab\/files\/2023\/04\/MIOS-main-paper-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View PDF<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Yeterian, J.D., Berke, D.S, Carney, J.R., McIntyre-Smith, A., St. Cyr, C., King, L., Kline, N.K., Phelps, A., and Litz, B.T. (2019). Defining and measuring moral injury: Rationale, design, and preliminary findings from the Moral Injury Outcome Scale Consortium. <em>Journal of Traumatic Stress<\/em>, <em>32<\/em>(3), 363-372. <a href=\"\/litzlab\/files\/2023\/04\/Journal-of-Traumatic-Stress-2019-Yeterian-Defining-and-Measuring-Moral-Injury-Rationale-Design-and-Preliminary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Litz, B. T., &amp; Kerig, P. K. (2019). Introduction to the special issue on moral injury: Conceptual challenges, methodological issues, and clinical applications.\u00a0<i>Journal of Traumatic Stress<\/i><span>,\u00a0<\/span><i>32<\/i><span>(3), 341-349.<\/span> <a href=\"\/litzlab\/files\/2023\/05\/Journal-of-Traumatic-Stress-2019-Litz-Introduction-to-the-Special-Issue-on-Moral-Injury-Conceptual-Challenges-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Schorr, Y., Stein, N. R., Maguen, S., Barnes, J. B., Bosch, J., &amp; Litz, B. T. (2018). Sources of moral injury among war veterans: A qualitative evaluation.\u00a0<i>Journal of Clinical Psychology<\/i><span>,\u00a0<\/span><i>74<\/i><span>(12), 2203-2218. <a href=\"\/litzlab\/files\/2023\/04\/J-Clin-Psychol-2018-Schorr-Sources-of-moral-injury-among-war-veterans-A-qualitative-evaluation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View PDF<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gray, M. J., Nash, W. P., &amp; Litz, B. T. (2017). When self-blame is rational and appropriate: The limited utility of Socratic questioning in the context of moral injury: Commentary on Wachen et al.(2016).\u00a0<i>Cognitive and Behavioral Practice<\/i><span>,<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><em>24<\/em><span>(4), 383-387. <a href=\"\/litzlab\/files\/2023\/04\/1-s2.0-S1077722917300457-main-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View PDF<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Wortmann, J. H., Eisen, E., Hundert, C., Jordan, A. H., Smith, M. W., Nash, W. P., &amp; Litz, B. T. (2017). Spiritual features of war-related moral injury: A primer for clinicians. <i>Spirituality in Clinical Practice<\/i><span>, <\/span><i>4<\/i><span>(4), 249. <\/span><a href=\"\/litzlab\/files\/2023\/05\/Wortmann-et-al.-2017-Spiritual-Features-of-Moral-Injury.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nash, W. P., Marino Carper, T. L., Mills, M. A., Au, T., Goldsmith, A., &amp; Litz, B. T. (2013). Psychometric evaluation of the moral injury events scale.\u00a0<i>Military Medicine<\/i><span>,\u00a0<\/span><i>178<\/i><span>(6), 646-652. <a href=\"\/litzlab\/files\/2023\/05\/Psychometric-Evaluation-of-the-Moral-Injury-Events-Scale.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View PDF<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Nash, W. P., &amp; Litz, B. T. (2013). Moral injury: A mechanism for war-related psychological trauma in military family members.\u00a0<i>Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review<\/i><span>,\u00a0<\/span><i>16<\/i><span>, 365-375. <a href=\"\/litzlab\/files\/2023\/05\/Moral-Injury-A-Mechanism-for-War-Related-Psychological-Trauma-in-Military-Family-Members.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View PDF<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Drescher, K. D., Foy, D. W., Kelly, C., Leshner, A., Schutz, K., &amp; Litz, B. (2011). An exploration of the viability and usefulness of the construct of moral injury in war veterans.\u00a0<i>Traumatology<\/i><span>,\u00a0<\/span><i>17<\/i><span>(1), 8-13. <a href=\"\/litzlab\/files\/2023\/05\/An-exploration-of-the-viability-and-usefulness-of-the-construct-of-moral-injury-in-war-veterans.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View PDF<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Litz, B. T., Stein, N., Delaney, E., Lebowitz, L., Nash, W. P., Silva, C., &amp; Maguen, S. (2009). Moral injury and moral repair in war veterans: A preliminary model and intervention strategy.\u00a0<i>Clinical Psychology Review<\/i><span>,\u00a0<\/span><i>29<\/i><span>(8), 695-706. <a href=\"\/litzlab\/files\/2023\/04\/Moral-injury-and-moral-repair-in-war-veterans-Litz-2009.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View PDF<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Moral Injury Outcome Scale and Materials In 2022, Dr. Litz and colleagues published their findings from an international study that aimed to define the syndrome of moral injury and develop and validate the Moral Injury Outcome Scale (MIOS) in three stages. 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