Women returning home from military service

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Channel: Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) · 2015 · Education

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Dr. Ritchie, author of Women at War, discusses the health issues women face when returning home from service. These health issues can include psychological feelings of guilt for missing the growth or changes that have occurred in their families while they were gone, or of distress as they try to assimilate back into their former lifestyles. http://global.oup.com/academic/product/women-at-war-9780199344536

COL (ret) Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH is Professor of Psychiatry at Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences.

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