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A police officer’s mental health can be impacted by more than just the personal and physical trauma they experience on the street. Moral injuries are less tangible but similarly harmful events that can contribute to psychological and depressive disorders. Dr. Lorraine Smith-MacDonald explains moral injuries and how they can impact police officers.

Main Topics

• Moral injuries are the psychological, emotional, or spiritual pain resulting from exposure to one or more events involving the transgression or violation of deeply held morals, ethics, or values.
• The research uncovered several “themes” to understand how officers experience moral injuries.
• While most themes related to street-level experiences, officers can experience moral injury from within the organization itself.

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