Abstract:Soldiers at war are required to make the most important, intense, and difficult moral decisions of their lives. However, not every serviceman is able to carry out these decisions. As a result, many combatants suffer from lasting shame, anger, alienation, loss of religious beliefs, and other effects that are now called moral trauma. Available scientific approaches to understanding moral trauma and restoring the mental health of servicemen who were participants in morally traumatic events are summarized. An algo… Show more
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