Today I am grateful for and appreciate the significance of the webinar titled "Discloser of Moral Injury, offered by EHN Canada, hosted by Jeremy Houston and facilitated by Dr. Anthony Nazarov, Ph.D. PMP (Associate Scientific Director, MacDonald Franklin OSI Research Centre). I recognize and comprehend its value for a variety of reasons, for instance:
- EHN Canada is truly spreading the knowledge and awareness of mental health and well-being in the Canadian community. I appreciate and acknowledge EHN Canada's untiring efforts in educating the community
- Since the pandemic, all of the webinars are being offered and facilitated over the zoom. It is highly convenient and comfortable to join, no need to formally dress up, take TTC or drive. You just need to monitor the internet connection for the flow of the webinar
- This webinar is free of cost and a huge relief for the community and professionals to broaden their perspectives and knowledge regarding mental health and well-being. It is a huge financial relief for the attendees at this time of the COVID 19 pandemic
- Today's webinar was regarding disclosure of moral injury and taken insight and wisdom, such as:
- Conflict of interest statement was mentioned and shared
- Canadian Armed Forces and their representation for protecting community and nation
- Operational Stress Injury (OSI) in the CAF - Canadian Forces mental health survey was shared
- Widely reported concerns that is Guilt / Shame/ PTSD overlap
- The definition is unclear - moral injury
- Moral injury - Psychological manifestations were discussed
- Psychological Trauma
- Potentially morally injurious experiences (PMIE)
- Evolving construct
- Who can be impacted?
- Why is it important?
- Linked to adverse mental health outcomes
- Challenging to treat
- Prevention: Early intervention
- Prevention - Treatment
- Mental Health Service Use (MHSU)
- Barriers to care such as career harm, stigma, ambiguity relating to limits to confidentiality, not trusting mental health providers, issues related to confidentiality and negative beliefs
- Confidentiality: Ethics (should)/Law (must)/Morals
- Patients with moral injuries may be avoiding mental health services
- Study 1 - Objective: Are individuals with moral injuries more likely to suffer in silence? The results were shared
- A hypothetical Scenario was shared to clarify the concept and progression of moral injury
- Take away points
- Questions remain unanswered
- In the end, a QA session was offered for further clarity regarding moral injury
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