Moral Aspects of Depression and Its Treatment
The new Z code for Moral Problems to DSM-5 reflects growing recognition of the clinical relevance of disruptions in an individual’s understanding of right and wrong, or sense of goodness. Depressed individuals frequently struggle with negative emotions and related moral concerns, but limited guidanc...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Journal of disability & religion
Year: 2025, Volume: 29, Issue: 3, Pages: 354-357 |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Depression B Moral Injury B Morals |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | The new Z code for Moral Problems to DSM-5 reflects growing recognition of the clinical relevance of disruptions in an individual’s understanding of right and wrong, or sense of goodness. Depressed individuals frequently struggle with negative emotions and related moral concerns, but limited guidance is available for approaching these in treatment. Distinguishing how moral problems can be related to depression suggests differing approaches to guilt as a manifestation of depression, “true’ or realistic guilt, guilt internalized through coercion, loss of faith in goodness following trauma, and depression interfering with moral tasks. Taking seriously the moral dimension of patients’ experience of depression has both diagnostic and therapeutic value. |
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| ISSN: | 2331-253X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of disability & religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/23312521.2025.2475403 |
