Peggy McCarthy’s story chronicled the health, mental health and emotional struggles of every day life for three female veterans, years after returning home from the Iraq War. What her reporting found was that female veterans: * Face unique health challenges (compared to male veterans) when transitioning to civilian life. * Suffer depression at twice the rate of male veterans. * Experience greater anxiety than men. * Sustain more muscular-skeletal injuries, although fewer amputations than men * Suffer PTSD at the same rate as men. * And that state and federal veteran health care systems are challenged to meet the needs of these veterans.
