RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Preventing and Treating Trauma, Building Resiliency JF North Carolina Medical Journal JO N C Med J FD North Carolina Institute of Medicine SP 113 OP 114 DO 10.18043/ncm.79.2.113 VO 79 IS 2 A1 Presnell, Denise YR 2018 UL http://www.ncmedicaljournal.com/content/79/2/113.abstract AB Trauma affects the brain in many ways, including impairing one's ability to learn, creating psychological and emotional issues, and contributing to poorer health outcomes. This is not only true for children but for adults as well, contributing to social issues such as erratic job performance, increase in homelessness rates, addiction rates, and higher rates of domestic violence and child abuse. We must be more effective at preventing and treating trauma and promoting resiliency in order to make the members of our societies as safe and productive as they can be. In Watauga County, North Carolina, an initiative is taking on that very challenge.