Appendix 2 Example search strategy The following is an example of the search strategy conducted in the EMBASE database: Step Search Terms No of records S1 injury” OR attitudes” OR attitude” OR 28,504 “moral “moral “moral “moral belief” OR ethics” OR ethics” OR morals OR “military “moral morality S2 treatment OR therapy OR psychological OR counselling OR 13,676,370 intervention OR psychotherapy OR psychology OR clinical OR disclosure” OR exposure” OR health “adaptive “prolonged “mental service” OR spiritual OR religion OR religious OR religiosity OR spirituality OR theology OR social OR family OR sociology S3 health” OR OR stress” OR 2,026,856 “mental “PTSD” “posttraumatic stress” OR stress” OR disorder” OR “traumatic “stress traumati*ation” OR alcohol OR drugs OR abuse” OR “drug OR self*harm OR OR OR “depression” “depressive” “anxiety” OR OR shame OR guilt OR forgiveness OR “well-being” OR self*destructive OR aggression OR anger S4 veterans OR veteran OR military OR army OR soldiers OR war OR 424,116 deployment OR combat S5 #1 AND #2 AND #3 AND #4 164 S6 #1 AND #2 AND #3 AND #4 AND [2004-2014]/py 122
Appendix 2 Example search strategy The following is an example of the search strategy conducted in the EMBASE database: Step Search Terms No of records S1 “moral injury” OR “moral attitudes” OR “moral attitude” OR “moral belief” OR “military ethics” OR “moral ethics” OR morals OR morality 28,504 S2 treatment OR therapy OR psychological OR counselling OR intervention OR psychotherapy OR psychology OR clinical OR “adaptive disclosure” OR “prolonged exposure” OR “mental health service” OR spiritual OR religion OR religious OR religiosity OR spirituality OR theology OR social OR family OR sociology 13,676,370 S3 “mental health” OR “PTSD” OR “posttraumatic stress” OR stress” OR “traumatic stress” OR “stress disorder” OR traumati*ation” OR alcohol OR drugs OR “drug abuse” OR OR self*harm OR “depression” OR “depressive” OR “anxiety” OR “well-being” OR shame OR guilt OR forgiveness OR OR self*destructive OR aggression OR anger 2,026,856 S4 veterans OR veteran OR military OR army OR soldiers OR war OR deployment OR combat 424,116 S5 #1 AND #2 AND #3 AND #4 164 S6 #1 AND #2 AND #3 AND #4 AND [2004-2014]/py 122
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