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.