Understanding Mental Health and Moral Injury in UK Military Chaplains

We propose an interdisciplinary research project to measure the current state of mental health in retired UK military chaplains. This will entail a quantitative survey of retired military chaplains to assess their current state of mental health—specifically depression, anxiety, PTSD, secondary traumatic stress, alcohol and illicit drug use (including prescription drugs), and wellbeing—as well as assess how risk and protective factors predict mental health, including features of the chaplain role, moral injury, and cognitive, emotional, behavioural, and religious coping strategies.

Peter Lee (UoP) will be contributing a small amount of expert experience as a former military chaplain. Aaron Pycroft will contribute a small amount of expert advice concerning spirituality and justice.