Time to register for our 8-hour intensive Update on Moral Injury to be held on July 26, 2025. Much progress has occurred since our last update, including addition of “moral” to a Z code in DSM-5-TR, a major upcoming article on moral injury in the New York Times, and a new article coming out in Frontiers in Psychology on the moral trauma spectrum by Harvard, Duke, and other investigators.
Moral injury is the internal emotional turmoil experienced as a result of transgressing moral values, which initially received attention in active-duty military and Veterans following combat trauma, but now expanded to include first responders, healthcare professionals, and others exposed to severe negative life events and moral challenges. We will be holding this intensive online workshop on Moral Injury via Zoom.
Please forward this information to anyone you think might be interested
This workshop is designed specifically for military chaplains, healthcare chaplains, healthcare professionals (physicians, nurses, social workers, rehabilitation therapists, etc.), mental health professionals (counselors, psychologists, pastoral counselors), community clergy, students of every type (undergraduate and graduate), and anyone else interested in the topic of moral injury, the distressing emotions associated with it, and the devastating consequences that can result (worsening of PTSD, depression, and increased risk of suicide). Learn about the range of presentations that moral trauma can take, from moral dilemma to moral distress to moral injury to moral injury disorder.
Online Moral Injury Workshop Schedule (Saturday, July 26)
8:45-9:00 Introduction
9:00-9:30 Description of the Moral Injury spectrum
9:30-9:45 PTSD and overlap with MI
9:45-10:00 Identifying MI
10:00-10:15 Q & A
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-11:00 Prevalence and causes of MI
11:00-11:30 Consequences of MI (vs. comorbidity)
11:30-11:45 Suicide from MI
11:45-12:00 Q & A
12:00-1:00 Lunch break
1:00-1:30 Protective factors
1:30-1:45 Prevention of MI
1:45-2:00 Q & A
2:00-2:15 The Approach: Person-centered treatment of MI
2:15-2:45 Secular treatments for the non-religious (ACT, etc.)
2:45-3:00 Q & A
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-3:30 Spiritually-integrated cognitive processing therapy (SICPT)
3:30-4:00 Chaplain interventions for MI
4:00-4:45 A structured chaplain intervention for MI (religion-specific)
4:45-5:15 Q & A
5:15 Adjourn
Faculty
Harold G. Koenig, M.D.
https://spiritualityandhealth.duke.edu/index.php/harold-g-koenig-m-d
Location
Online: via Zoom (link to be sent when registration and tuition received)
Cost for Online Workshop (July 26)
$199 per person (includes PDF of PowerPoint presentation and certificate of completion, if desired)
If the cost of tuition is a problem, contact Dr. Koenig. No one should be prevented from attending due to cost alone (but everyone needs to pay something for this valuable full-day program).
Registration
- Write check out to: “Department of Psychiatry, Duke University“
- Send to:
CSTH
415 Clarion Drive
Durham, NC 27705-1818
Provide email address where receipt can be sent
- To wire tuition funds, email Dr. Koenig for instructions; however, best to send a check or money order to the address above (even if from a country outside the U.S.) due to the difficulty of locating wire transfers in the massive Duke University accounting system. No problem if it arrives after July 26.
- Registration form: https://sites.duke.edu/csth/files/2025/06/Duke-University-Moral-Injury-Workshop.pdf
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