Keynote Presentation: DSM-5 and Moral Injury Screening Tools
Tracks
Concurrent Session A
Concurrent Session B
Concurrent Session C
Concurrent Session D
| Thursday, May 21, 2026 |
| 4:15 PM - 4:40 PM |
Overview
Keynote Speakers: Assoc. Prof. Lindsay Carey & Dr Victoria Thomas
Speaker
Assoc.Professor Lindsay Carey
Director of Research
La Trobe University
Keynote Presentation: DSM-5 and Moral Injury Screening Tools
Biography
Dr. Victoria Thomas
Dr. Victoria Thomas is a generally registered psychologist and clinical registrar, with experience working with individuals, organisations and community groups, as well as in Federal government agencies. As a practicing psychologist, she provides support for a range of mental health presentations, with a special interest in working with moral injury and trauma.
Victoria has also recently completed a clinical PhD at the Australian National University. Her academic research explores the construct of moral injury outside the military context, with a focus on scale construction efforts to capture moral injury experiences in occupational settings. Her work has been published internationally in peer-reviewed journals.
Dr. Lindsay Carey, MAppSc, PhD, CSM
Dr. Lindsay Carey, MAppSc, PhD, CSM is Associate Professor (Adjunct) in the School of Psychology and Public Health, at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, and concurrently Adjunct Associate Professor with the Centre of Ethics and Society University of Notre Dame, Sydney and Adjunct Associate Professor School of Sport and Allied Health, Victoria University Melbourne. A leading researcher with over 200 publications he was recognised within The Australian Research Magazine as a National Research ‘Field Leader’ for 2018, 2019 and 2022 in the area of ‘Humanities, Arts and Literature’ for his research into ‘Religion’ and its interconnection with Health and Well-being. Dr. Carey, along with his colleague, Dr. Timothy Hodgson (University of Queensland), was awarded the prestigious ‘Sir Edward Weary Dunlop Award’ in 2019 by the Australasian Military Medical Association (AMMA) for their exploratory research into Moral Injury and its effects upon the well-being of military veterans. In 2024, Dr. Carey was awarded the Australian Military Conspicuous Service Medal (CSM) for his research into moral injury and the development of a chaplaincy professional development program called ‘Moral Injury Skills Training’ (MIST). He is an Honorary Scholar with the Centre of Spirituality, Theology and Health at Duke University (USA) and a Life Member of Spiritual Care Australia (Formerly the Australian Health & Welfare Chaplains Association: AHWCA).