Understanding Moral Injury

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This is one of a series of films to help healthcare workers think through some of the emotional and psychological challenges that may arise especially, but not limited, to a pandemic. Please see the supportive materials below.

Reflective questions:
- Do you think people feel comfortable sharing their feelings in your workplace?
- If you wanted to share your feelings/talk emotional issues through - do you feel you have someone to talk to?
- Are there other ways to deal with emotions?
- What are your thoughts on peer support in regard to moral injury?

Support material:
Mental health care for medical staff and affiliated healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Moral injury and the COVID-19 pandemic: reframing what it is, who it affects and how care leaders can manage it

Moral injury. Psychoanalytic Psychology

Moral Injury: The Invisible Epidemic in COVID Health Care Workers

This film has been commissioned by the London Transformation and Learning (LTLC), a joint initiative between Health Education England and NHE England and NHS Improvement aimed at supporting the cross-skilling of the London NHS workforce to manage.

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Moral Injury chapters:
0:00 Start
0:52 What does Moral Injury actually mean?
4:03 What might it look like to me & my colleagues?
6:18 Will everyone eventually become injured?
8:09 What can I do to help myself & others?

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[theMacAlastair]

As a veteran who's therapist suggested moral injury ptsd - completely new to me, I was hoping this would help... whelp, guess I'll return to my regularly scheduled hellscape.