Full Description
In the very first text of its kind, Women at War brings together all the available information and experience on Women's health and mental health under one cover to enlighten the practitioners caring for them. 2.5 million US service members have deployed since September 11th, 2001 to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; with over 300,000 of these soldiers being women. While the available information on the medical and mental health needs of women in deployment and combat is sparse and hard to find, this new volume brings together the literature that exists on female active duty service members and veterans.
Women at War reviews topics such as epidemiology, deployment health, reproductive and genitourinary issues, mothering, sexuality, PTSD and other psychological effects of war, wounds and disability, intimate partner violence, sexual assault and suicide. It provides health care providers with insight that can help treat and prevent illness in the female military population by bringing together researchers, clinicians and service member experience and knowledge and presents the information in a practical, actionable format. It also highlights areas where data is lacking and more study is demanded.
Contents
Foreward
Contributors
Introduction
Section I: Background and Introduction
Chapter 1 Comparative Morbidity and Mortality of Women Serving in the U.S. Military during a Decade of Warfare
Chapter 2 Female Soldiers and PTSD
Chapter 3 Women at War in Australia
Section II: Women at War
Chapter 4 Medical Issues for Women Warriors on Deployment
Chapter 5 Reproductive Health
Chapter 6 Issues in the Prevention of Malaria among Women at War
Chapter 7: Women, Ships, Subs & the U.S. Navy
Chapter 8: Female Combat Medics
Section III: Women Home from War
Chapter 9: Human Sexuality and Women in the Area of Operations
Chapter 10: Women Home From War
Chapter 11: Mothers in War
Chapter 12: Building the Framework for Successful Deployment Reunions
Chapter 13: Traumatic Brain Injury: Implications for Women in the Military
Section IV: Psychological Issues for Active Duty Women
Chapter 14: Suicide-Related Ideation and Behaviors in Military Women
Chapter 15: Intimate Partner Violence, Military Personnel, and Veterans
Section V: The Female Veteran Experience
Chapter 16: The Woman Veteran Experience
Chapter 17: Mental health of women warriors: the power of belonging
Chapter 18: The Veterans Health Administration Response to Military Sexual Trauma
Chapter 19: Compensation, Pension, and other Benefits for Women Veterans with Disabilities
