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Many soldiers come home from battle suffering from the emotional scars of war. But now there's a growing focus on what's known as 


Psychologists at the VA Medical Center in Minneapolis are among those leading research into "moral injury" - the wounds soldiers return with when they've done something, or failed to stop something, that violates their moral code.

Dr. Irene Harris, a psychologist at the Minneapolis VA, joins The Daily Circuit to discuss the research.

Retired Navy psychiatrist Dr. William Nash, whose ground-breaking work on moral injury came out of his time as a combat therapist deployed with Marines in Iraq, also joins the discussion.

The VA Medical Center in Minneapolis is researching "moral injury" - the wounds soldiers return with when they've done something, or failed to stop something, that violates their moral code.

Many soldiers come home from battle suffering from the emotional scars of war. But now there's a growing focus on what's known as "moral injury."

When soldiers suffer from 'moral injury'

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