The document presents information on moral injury experienced by military families, emphasizing its impact on individual moral identity and psychological wellbeing. It highlights presentations by Dr. Rita N. Brock and discusses the relationship between moral injury and PTSD, outlining how moral injury can arise from various traumatic experiences during and after war. Furthermore, it provides details on resources, upcoming webinars, and continuing education credits available for participants.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Office of Family
Readiness Policy, U.S. Department of Defense under Award Numbers 2014-48770-22587 and 2015-48770-24368.
VLE 4: Exploring the Impact of Moral Injury on
Military Families

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3. Rev. Rita N. Brock, Ph.D
•Research Professor of Theology and Culture
and Director of the Soul Repair Center.
•As Co-Founder of the Soul Repair Center, Dr.
Brock has become an internationally
recognized expert on the emerging study of
moral injury and recovery.
•Earned her Ph.D. in philosophy of religion and
theology in 1988 from Claremont Graduate
University, becoming the first Asian American
woman in the country to earn a doctorate in
theology and the first ever to serve on the
Board of Directors of the American Academy of
Religion (AAR).
•Co-Author of Soul Repair: recovering from
Moral Injury after War (2012)
Today’s Presenters
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4. Moral Identity
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5. Mirror Neurons
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6. Military Training and Combat:
Moral Codes of Conduct are Changed
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7. Military Families:
Mission-Driven Third Culture Children
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http://www.bratswithoutborders.org/store/

8. Moral Injury
•Is when deeply held beliefs and expectations about ethical conduct are transgressed and
disrupt a person’s expectations about and confidence in his or her own moral behavior or
the capacity of others to behave in a just and ethical manner
•Is not inherently fear-based; it can arise from
o killing (esp. friendly fire, vengeance killing, or enjoying killing)
o perpetration of violence
o betrayals of trust in leaders
o witnessing depraved behavior
o handling human remains, or
o failing to prevent serious unethical acts
•Can result in guilt, sorrow, shame, self-handicapping, anger, demoralization, alienation,
isolation, loss of faith or meaning, and/or despair
-- Litz, B. T. et. al.
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9. Relation of PTSD and Moral Injury
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http://projects.huffingtonpost.com/moral-injury

10. Neuroscience 101
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http://oratechsolve.com/neurogenesis-formation-of-memories/emotional-brain/

11. Moral Injury as Soul/Empathy Wound: Inner Anguish from
ruptured or destroyed moral foundations
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12. How Moral Injury can sound
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http://www.pri.org/stories/2011-04-21/soldier-remembers-tim-hetherington

13. How Moral Injury can sound
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“… I started thinking that God hates me…I'm not
religious or anything, but I felt like there was this
hate for me.... That's the terrible thing of war. You
do terrible things and you have to live with them
afterwards but you'd do them the same way if you
had to go back. So what do you do? It's an evil,
evil, evil thing inside your body. It's like … good
versus evil inside there ….”
Documentary film “Korengal” by Sebastian Junger Ss, reflecting on his
experience at Restrepo Camp: https://korengalthemovie.com

14. A Self Divided
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https://www.instagram.com/maxtijerino/

15. Moral Injury
 Can emerge long after events or experiences
 Is an aspect of every war
 Creates Isolation
 Can result from other traumas
 Can affect many professions (medical, law enforcement, social work,
ministry)
 Can emerge as secondary trauma in caregivers
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16. After War: Multiple, Overlapping Losses
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17. Effect of Deployments
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18. Soul Repair
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20. Rituals/Liminal Space
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22. Mask Project at Walter Reed
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http://www.nationalgeographic.com/healing-soldiers/

23. Spiritual Practices
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24. Service to Others
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http://teamrubiconusa.org/

25. Recovery
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http://ricksrecovery.bestlives.net/two-steps-forward-one-step-back-day-7/

26. References At:
www.brite.edu/soulrepair
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• For this webinar, we are offering Early Intervention, NASW, and Georgia Marriage
and Family Therapy CE credits.
• Early Intervention CE credits are available to participants in Illinois, Georgia,
Kansas, Kentucky, Ohio (EISC & EI CE credit), North Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, and Virginia.
• Webinar participants who want to receive a certificate of continuing education (or just
want proof of participation in the training) need to take this evaluation and post-
test: https://vte.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0GUh8NOOMLYmFUh
• You must submit your certificate of completion and any other materials required to
your state/agency in order to receive credit.
• CE certificates of completion will be automatically emailed to participants upon
completion of the evaluation & post-test.
o Questions/concerns regarding EI CE credit certificates?
• Contact MFLNFDEarlyIntervention@gmail.com
o Questions/concerns regarding NASW CE credit certificates
• Contact MFLNFamilyDevelopment@gmail.com

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Upcoming Event
Project In Sight: The Joys and
Challenges of Reintegration after
Deployment
• Date: October 27, 2016
• Time: 12:00PM Eastern
• Location: https://learn.extension.org/events/2719
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32This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Office of Family
Readiness Policy, U.S. Department of Defense under Award Numbers 2014-48770-22587 and 2015-48770-24368.