Posted on Mar 26, 2014
A link I wanted to share discussing PTSD and moral injury. I feel it is dead on for a lot of us including myself. Attached is the link.
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<a href="http://projects.huffingtonpost.com/moral-injury/the-grunts">http://projects.huffingtonpost.com/moral-injury/the-grunts</a><div><br></div><div class="pta-link-card"><div class="pta-link-card-picture"><img src="http://e.huffpost.com/datadot/images/projects/moral-injury/1-grunts-helicopter-small-46778ee47b8dc5b9314612a6fa8a8610.jpg"></div><div class="pta-link-card-content"><div class="pta-link-card-title"><a target="_blank" href="http://projects.huffingtonpost.com/moral-injury/the-grunts">Moral Injury: The Grunts - The Huffington Post</a></div><div class="pta-link-card-description">Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to ...</div></div><div style="clear:both"></div><div class="pta-box-hide"><i class="icon-remove"></i></div></div>
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<p>Should the DoD recognize Moral Injury as a disorder like it recognizes PTSD from over a decade of war?</p><p><br></p><p>According to the article, moral injury is the pain that results from damage to a person's moral foundation.</p><p><br></p><p>I think we as a country have spent countless hours and money fighting PTSD but have ignored other possible issues that service members are facing while performing numerous deployments to a combat zone.</p><p><br></p><p>Thoughts?</p><p><br></p><p>http://projects.huffingtonpost.com/moral-injury</p><div class="pta-link-card"><div class="pta-link-card-picture"><img src="http://e.huffpost.com/datadot/images/projects/moral-injury/1-grunts-helicopter-small-46778ee47b8dc5b9314612a6fa8a8610.jpg"></div><div class="pta-link-card-content"><div class="pta-link-card-title"><a href="http://projects.huffingtonpost.com/moral-injury" target="_blank">Moral Injury - The Huffington Post</a></div><div class="pta-link-card-description">Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to ...</div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="pta-box-hide"><i class="icon-remove"></i></div></div>
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