Distinguishing war-related PTSD resulting from perpetration- and betrayal-based morally injurious events.

Alexander H JordanEthan EisenElisa BoltonWilliam P NashBrett T Litz

Published in: Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy (2017)

The associations of perpetration and betrayal with PTSD, controlling for danger-based combat events, highlight the limitations of conceptualizations and treatments of PTSD based on fear or helplessness as sole etiologic factors. (PsycINFO Database Record

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posttraumatic stress disorder
social support
intimate partner violence
depressive symptoms
emergency department
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