Exploring Moral Injury and Reintegration Challenges Among Post-911 US Veterans: A Qualitative Study (1 credit hour)

Program Summary:  This course explores moral injury and reintegration challenges among post-911 US veterans.  Using qualitative interviews, the course considers the impact of moral injury on Veteran reintegration and identifies four qualitative themes:  1. moral injury’s role in a changing sense of self and belonging during reintegration, 2. trust’s impact on social connection and disclosure during reintegration, 3. confronting moral injury in reintegration and reflecting on the cost of war, and 4. moral injury’s impact on post-traumatic growth.  Cognitive flexibility is identified as an important protective factor for accepting, adjusting, and moving forward.

This course is recommended for social workers, counselors, and therapists and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.

Reading:  Exploring Moral Injury and Reintegration Challenges Among Post-911 Veterans:  A Qualitative Study by Leah Danson, Katrina Spontak, Ai-Nghia Do, Nicole Taylor, Matthew Stapleton, and Nicholas Rattray

Publisher:  Military Psychology

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Course Objectives:  To enhance professional practice, values, skills and knowledge by exploring moral injury and reintegration challenges among post-911 US Veterans.

Learning Objectives:  Describe moral injury and its impact on Veteran reintegration.  Identify the four qualitative themes relevant to Veteran reintegration and moral injury.  Describe cognitive flexibility and give an example of post-traumatic growth.

Course Available Until: March 31, 2030.

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1: Leaving the military and returning to civilian society is a complex process that might include
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2: According to the PEW Research Center, approximately ___________ of post-911 Veterans report reintegration difficulties.
 
 
 
 
3: Which of the following describes how moral emotions are often activated?
 
 
 
 
4: There is often ___________ between the many moralities and drives within a person and the different contexts they exist in.
 
 
5: "That's what the Army done to me.  It's made me a mean, ugly, terrible person on the inside and I try to keep it on the inside but sometimes that ugliness comes out" best describes which qualitative theme related to Veteran reintegration and moral injury?
 
 
 
 
6: "I don't share about a lot of the things that happened to me or things that I did.  Maybe I worry that someone would pass judgement on me, or people wouldn't understand, or they just want a cool story..." best describes which qualitative theme relevant to Veteran reintegration and moral injury?
 
 
 
 
7: Asking "Was it worth it?" best describes which qualitative theme relevant to Veteran reintegration and moral injury?
 
 
 
 
8: The ability to accept ones past actions or take a different perspective best describes
 
 
 
 
9: "I had to transform my thinking to realize that the past is the past and you are not going to be able to change it, so you have to learn from it, and you have to be able to use that to your advantage" best describes which qualitative theme relevant to Veteran reintegration and moral injury?
 
 
 
 
10: "Now looking back at it, it's like I almost had to go through that, like depression to be where I am at now..." best describes which qualitative theme relevant to Veteran reintegration and moral injury?
 
 
 
 

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G.M. Rydberg-Cox, MSW, LSCSW is the Continuing Education Director at Free State Social Work and responsible for the development of this course.  She received her Masters of Social Work in 1996 from the Jane Addams School of Social Work at the University of Illinois-Chicago and she has over 20 years of experience.  She has lived and worked as a social worker in Chicago, Boston, and Kansas City.  She has practiced for many years in the area of hospital/medical social work.  The reading materials for this course were developed by another organization.

Course Available Until: March 31, 2030.
Filed under: Cultural Competence, Veterans