Investigators have called for mind-body practices and spiritual and religious approaches for the treatment of moral injury in veterans. Programs and interventions that use mindfulness, meditation, spirituality, prayer, and other techniques span different academic disciplines and can be difficult for investigators and clinicians to identify but are important for those who work with veterans with moral injury. This paper reports a review of a systematic search that identified 12 empirical studies from eight databases (i.e., PSYCInfo, PSYCArticles, PubMed, Medline, Web of Science, ebsco Military & Government Collection, and cinahl) that use mind-body interventions or religious or spiritual interventions for the treatment of moral injury in veterans. Most identified studies were uncontrolled and included small samples. Although many of the identified interventions need additional research to illustrate feasibility and efficacy, mind-body practices and/or spiritual or religious approaches may provide novel and important methods for treating veterans with moral injury.

Religion and spirituality are resources regularly used by patients with cancer coping with diagnosis and treatment, yet there is little research that examines these factors separately. This study investigated the relationships between religious practice and spirituality and quality of life (QoL) and stress in survivors of breast cancer. The sample included 130 women assessed 2 years following diagnosis. Using hierarchical multiple regression analysis, the authors found that spiritual well-being was significantly associated with QoL and traumatic stress, whereas religious practice was not significantly associated with these variables. The results suggest that it may be helpful for clinicians to address spirituality, in particular with survivors of breast cancer.