Spiritually Integrated Interventions for PTSD and Moral Injury: a Review

Purpose of review The scope of this article is to summarize (a) what is known about the relationships between spirituality and trauma outcomes and (b) outline options for spiritually integrated trauma care. Recent findings Research on relationships between spirituality and psychological trauma outcomes has advanced to the point that there is no doubt that interventions addressing spiritual distress can provide critically needed help to trauma survivors who want spiritually integrated care. There are now many options for providing spiritually integrated care for trauma, including both implicitly and explicitly spiritually integrated options, group and individual options, and options for chaplaincy and mental health providers. Summary This review focused on spiritually integrated interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder that have at least one randomized controlled trial in the peer-reviewed literature. Eight interventions with that level of evidence are described with a review of clinical recommendations for their use.