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When They Pour Salt in the Wound: Moral Injury Becomes an Official Condition According to the APA
In September 2025, Harvard University in partnership with the American Psychological Association (APA) released that Moral Injury will now be officially recognized as a condition in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5-TR).
If you’re not a social science junkie like me, perhaps this sounds like a decent advancement, or you’re wondering WTH moral injury even is? or you’re asking yourself, that’s nice, but why should I care?
Let me ask you this: do
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Burnout vs. PTSD in First Response Fields
Similar, but NOT the same. How breaking the mental health stigma requires recognizing PTSD symptoms do not always correspond to a PTSD diagnosis.
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