Moral injury treatment: Randomised control trial

This project is the next stage following a preceding study in which researchers from King's Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR) and Combat Stress developed ‘Restore and Rebuild’ (R&R) – a treatment for moral injury. 

This research project aims to assess if it is feasible and acceptable to run a pilot Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) of ‘Restore & Rebuild’ (R&R) treatment compared to a Treatment as Usual (TAU) control group of UK Veterans with moral injury-related mental disorders.

Following informed consent, Veteran patients will complete baseline questionnaire and will then be randomised by researchers to R&R or TAU. R&R total duration = 20 sessions delivered once weekly. TAU duration = patients assigned to TAU will be receiving the current gold standard one-to-one therapy sessions at Combat Stress. Typically, the TAU trauma-focused therapy being provided will be 12-24 sessions in length dependant on patient need and will taking place weekly. Number and type of sessions provided to patients in TAU will be recorded. Follow-up = 3 months and 6 months post-treatment for both study arms.

This will recruit UK Veterans with lived experience of potentially morally injurious events and critical stakeholders with experience in supporting moral injury-affected individuals.