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Toward a Dual Process Model of Moral Injury and Traumatic Illness

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Moral injury has emerged as a topic of significant research and clinical interest over the last decade, however, much work remains to be done to comprehensively define the moral injury construct. This article provides a brief overview of the existing moral injury literature and introduces a novel dual process model (DPM) of moral injury and traumatic illness.

This course is based on the reading-based online article, Toward a Dual Process Model of Moral Injury and Traumatic Illness created by Nicholas Barr, PhD et al. in 2022.

Publication Details

Publication Date: Front Psychiatry. 2022; 13: 883338. Aug 2022

Course Material Authors

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Nicholas Barr, PhD

Dr. Barr is an Assistant Professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. His research focuses on enhancing understanding of risk and protective factors for populations with an elevated likelihood of traumatic experiences, like homeless young adults and military service members. He has had multiple works published in peer reviewed journals.

Hazel Atuel, PhD

Dr. Atuel is a Research associate professor at Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States. Her research interest include social identity and self; intergroup relationships (especially majority-minority group relations); stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination; veteran identity and transition; military/veteran radicalization; and, moral injury. She has had multiple works published in peer reviewed journals.

Course Creator

Hana Kuc, LMHC, NCC, CASAC

Hana Kuc is a Licensed Mental Heath counselor and a Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor who has been working in the field for 13 years. In that time she has worked as a counselor, therapist, educator and director. Hana has specialized in working with clients on medication assisted treatment, who are in recovery from opiates, and are also diagnosed with a mental health disorder.

Target Audience

Counselors, marriage and family therapists,nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians, psychologists and social workers.This course is appropriate for all levels of knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this activity, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Summarize existing literature on moral injury.
  2. 2 Describe the concept behind dual process model (DPM) of moral injury and traumatic illness
  3. 3 Identify appropriate interventions for treating moral injury.

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Course Creator

Hana Kuc, LMHC, NCC, CASAC – No relevant financial relationships.

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There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

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