Citation

Presnell D. N. Carol. Med. J. 2018; 79(2): 113-114.

Affiliation

school social worker, Watauga County Schools, Watauga, North Carolina presnelld@wataugaschools.org.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Medical Society of the State of North Carolina)

DOI

10.18043/ncm.79.2.113

PMID

29563307

Abstract

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.

©2018 by the North Carolina Institute of Medicine and The Duke Endowment. All rights reserved.

Language: en