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July 1, 2026Social SciencesOpen Access

“I Was Everything What I Never Wanted to Be”—Exploring Moral Injury Within Forensic Healthcare Settings

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FSFiona SweeneyRCRahmanara ChowdhuryISIram Shah

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Overview

Qualitative study examines moral injury experiences in forensic service users, suggesting important implications for care and policy.

Key Points

  • This research aimed to explore the lived experiences of moral injury in individuals detained in forensic healthcare settings.
  • Conducted interviews with six service users and eight practitioners.
  • Utilized multi-perspective interpretive phenomenological analysis to identify themes.
  • Explored the psychological impact, pathways to harm, and healing processes related to moral injury.
  • Identified three themes: mutuality of moral injury, pathways to harm, and a road to healing.
  • Highlighted complex trajectories of moral injury affecting cognitive and emotional processes in service users.
  • Findings demonstrated significant risks of self-harm and harm to others associated with moral injury.

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Sweeney et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a44aeba5cd2549c8bc43eadhttps://doi.org/10.3390/socsci15070429
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