The international study will investigate how the additional burdens of the COVID-19 pandemic have contributed to post-traumatic stress disorder in health-care staff.
Moral injury happens when someone is faced with a choice that violates deep moral beliefs. Health-care workers treating COVID-19 might be forced to choose between "wrong" and "wronger."
A study co-led by researchers at McMaster and Western universities on a new approach to treating public safety personnel (PSP) with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is receiving close to $1 million in funding.