Psychological consequences of global armed conflict

Victoria Williamson; Dominic Murphy

doi:10.1186/s40359-024-02305-4

Psychological consequences of global armed conflict

Victoria Williamson, Dominic Murphy

Department of Psychology

Combat Stress

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

5 Citations (SciVal)

104 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

Armed conflict unvaryingly leads to a loss of life, serious violations of human rights and international law, and extensive human suffering. As technological advances change the landscape of modern armed conflict, developments are also urgently needed to ensure accessible, evidence-based care is readily available to those affected.

Original language	English
Article number	197
Journal	BMC Psychology
Volume	13
Issue number	1
Early online date	4 Mar 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-024-02305-4
Publication status	Published - 31 Dec 2025

Data Availability Statement

No datasets were generated or analysed during the current study.

Funding

None.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

Moral injury
PTSD
Trauma
War

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Psychology

Access to Document

10.1186/s40359-024-02305-4Licence: CC BY-NC-ND

s40359-024-02305-4Final published version, 567 KBLicence: CC BY-NC-ND

Cite this

@article{04e02400d0db4a47beafb7b2325d6b06,

title = "Psychological consequences of global armed conflict",

abstract = "Armed conflict unvaryingly leads to a loss of life, serious violations of human rights and international law, and extensive human suffering. As technological advances change the landscape of modern armed conflict, developments are also urgently needed to ensure accessible, evidence-based care is readily available to those affected.",

keywords = "Moral injury, PTSD, Trauma, War",

author = "Victoria Williamson and Dominic Murphy",

year = "2025",

month = dec,

day = "31",

doi = "10.1186/s40359-024-02305-4",

language = "English",

volume = "13",

journal = "BMC Psychology",

issn = "2050-7283",

publisher = "BioMed Central",

number = "1",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Psychological consequences of global armed conflict

AU - Williamson, Victoria

AU - Murphy, Dominic

PY - 2025/12/31

Y1 - 2025/12/31

N2 - Armed conflict unvaryingly leads to a loss of life, serious violations of human rights and international law, and extensive human suffering. As technological advances change the landscape of modern armed conflict, developments are also urgently needed to ensure accessible, evidence-based care is readily available to those affected.

AB - Armed conflict unvaryingly leads to a loss of life, serious violations of human rights and international law, and extensive human suffering. As technological advances change the landscape of modern armed conflict, developments are also urgently needed to ensure accessible, evidence-based care is readily available to those affected.

KW - Moral injury

KW - PTSD

KW - Trauma

KW - War

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/86000040649

U2 - 10.1186/s40359-024-02305-4

DO - 10.1186/s40359-024-02305-4

M3 - Editorial

SN - 2050-7283

VL - 13

JO - BMC Psychology

JF - BMC Psychology

IS - 1

M1 - 197

ER -

Psychological consequences of global armed conflict

Abstract

Data Availability Statement

Funding

UN SDGs

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this