[Comment] Integrating moral injury into forensic psychiatry

Moral injury has garnered increasing attention in contemporary research, expanding from its initial association with military veterans to encompass a broader range of populations exposed to trauma and adversity. Potentially morally injurious events involve perceived transgressions of one's own moral code (perpetration) or betrayals by trusted authorities who have exposed the person to unnecessary danger or harm. The betrayal dimension was first highlighted by Shay in Vietnam veterans,1 by Freyd in people who have experienced child abuse,2 and more recently in ethnic, sexual, and gender minorities following perceived breaches of trust by family, friends, and public services, with adverse outcomes.