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This study investigates the effectiveness of evidence-based psychotherapies for PTSD in veterans, particularly focusing on symptoms linked to morally injurious events.

May 3, 2026

The impact of potentially morally injurious events on the effectiveness of evidence-based psychotherapies for PTSD.

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This study investigates the effectiveness of evidence-based psychotherapies for PTSD in veterans, particularly focusing on symptoms linked to morally injurious events.
Sample included veterans with PTSD (N=76)
Compared effectiveness of evidence-based psychotherapies for PTSD regarding PMIE and non-PMIE events
Controlled for demographic variable of military sexual trauma.
Current evidence-based psychotherapies effectively reduced PTSD symptoms in veterans affected by morally injurious events (p=0.985)
Reduction in symptoms was consistent despite the presence of morally injurious experiences.

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OBJECTIVE: Morally injurious events are a more recent area of interest in the field of trauma psychology. Some suggest that current, evidence-based psychotherapies for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) do not adequately address PTSD symptoms stemming from events perceived as morally injurious; however, this has not been clearly demonstrated in the literature. The goal of this study was to add to emerging evidence and explore whether current evidence-based psychotherapies for PTSD can adequately address PTSD symptoms resulting from both (PMIE) potentially morally injurious and (non-PMIE) nonmorally injurious events. METHOD: = 76). RESULTS: = .985, after controlling for military sexual trauma, the only demographic variable with pretreatment group differences. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that for many veterans, current evidence-based psychotherapies for PTSD may effectively reduce PTSD symptoms even when PTSD results from an event they perceive as morally injurious. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

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