Abstract
In this article, the authors reviewed foreign publications on the issue of moral injury, its causes, diagnosis, and psychotherapy. Foreign experts do not consider this phenomenon as a mental pathology. They define it as a syndrome characterized by a sense of shame, guilt, and obsessive thoughts as a consequence of one’s inability to prevent one’s own actions or the actions of other people. The authors made an attempt to compare and contrast the concepts of "post-traumatic stress disorder" and "moral injury". The review also featured psychotherapy of moral injury and methods of psychological first aid to different categories of people, e.g. psychologists, medical workers, and others. Unfortunately, the issue of moral injury still remains largely understudied in domestic science.
Highlights
Foreign experts do not consider this phenomenon as a mental pathology
They define it as a syndrome characterized by a sense of shame, guilt, and obsessive thoughts as a consequence of one’s inability to prevent one’s own actions or the actions of other people
The issue of moral injury still remains largely understudied in domestic science
Summary
В заключение сделан акцент на том, что все исследования по проблеме моральной травмы проводились до настоящего времени в зарубежных странах. Что в контексте изучения феномена ПТСР зарубежных исследователей все чаще привлекает концепция моральной травмы (морального вреда, морального ущерба) [1]. Или моральный вред (moral injure), – это переживание совершенного действия, неспособности предотвратить действие или свидетельства действий других, которые нарушают глубоко укоренившиеся собственные моральные убеждения и ожидания человека.
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