By Megan Liu, The Chronicle, January 15, 2020
“We all like to think of childhood as this time of joy and innocence. But for many of us, it’s just not true.”
Those are the opening lines of the trailer for “Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hopes,” a documentary that discusses the biological dangers of childhood abuse and neglect, which have been linked to everything from depression and substance abuse to cancer and heart disease. The documentary, screened at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, promotes trauma therapies and research-based methods to protect vulnerable children from toxic stress. The first local showing was held in the auditorium of the Duke Regional Hospital in November of 2017.
The screenings are sponsored by the Duke Division of Community Health, which is housed in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health in the School of Medicine, and have been a continuous effort led by Fred Johnson, vice chief of the division. Johnson regularly shows the documentary to professional and public audiences alike, and he spoke about his excitement after seeing the film for the first time.
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