Women at War reviews the epidemiology, changes in policy and demographics of women in the services, the factors affecting their health and health care while serving in austere environments, issues related to reproductive and urogenital health and how health care providers can help prepare and prevent illness.

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

"Featuring 19 chapters written by 40 contributors, including 10 men, the textbook-style work is heavy on the academic research, with articles ranging from illnesses and mortality rates of women in Iraq and Afghanistan and post-traumatic stress to medical concerns, reproductive health, homecomings, motherhood in wartime and more." --Military Times Featured in the National Museum of Health and Medicine Newsletter. "In Women at War, Army veterans Elspeth Cameron Ritchie and Anne L. Naclerio have produced the first book detailing what war does to the physical and mental health of the growing number of women waging it. ... The 40 contributors (including 10 men) write about women's health on the front lines and the challenges of being a soldier and a mother." --TIME "The book is directed at clinicians who care for women who are or who have been in the military. Most chapters are relatively short, 10-20 pages, and very readable. Although we do not know a lot about women at war, what we do know is in this book." --Community Psychiatrist "The book makes some truly notable contributions to the medical and behavioral health fields, as these topics comprise over half of the text and are interwoven throughout the five sections of the book." --PsycCRITIQUES Featured in- Clinical Psychiatry News

Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH Professor of Psychiatry Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences COL Anne L Naclerio, MD, MPH Deputy Surgeon, US Army Europe Women's Health Task Force, Office of the Army Surgeon General Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS)