{"id":6589,"date":"2018-06-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medgoo.com\/index.php\/2018\/06\/13\/apa-suicide-prevention-should-be-a-public-health-priority\/"},"modified":"2018-06-14T16:09:27","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T16:09:27","slug":"apa-suicide-prevention-should-be-a-public-health-priority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medgoo.com\/index.php\/2018\/06\/13\/apa-suicide-prevention-should-be-a-public-health-priority\/","title":{"rendered":"APA: Suicide Prevention Should Be a Public Health Priority"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>American Psychological Association says multi-faceted approach is needed to cut suicide rate<\/h3>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>WEDNESDAY, June 13, 2018 (HealthDay News) &#8212; Suicide prevention needs to be a public health priority, according to the American Psychological Association (APA).<\/p>\n<p>The APA calls for a multifaceted approach that includes increasing access to mental health screenings and ensuring that insurance covers both prevention services and treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the APA is highlighting the need for more funding for evidence-based treatment and its dissemination, including crisis services, as well as more research focused on risk assessment, evidence-based prevention programs, and treatment to reduce the incidence of suicide.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The science and practice of psychology play an essential role in both understanding and addressing the biopsychosocial underpinnings of this issue,&#8221; APA president, Jessica Henderson Daniel, Ph.D., said in a statement. &#8220;This crisis affects people both with and without diagnosed mental health conditions. Suicide is often an act of desperation, brought on by an inability to cope with life&#8217;s stressors. Addressing the source of those stressors is vital.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apa.org\/news\/press\/releases\/2018\/06\/suicide-prevention.aspx\" target=\"_new\">More Information<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Copyright \u00a9 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthday.com\/\" target=\"_new\">HealthDay<\/a>. All rights reserved.<\/i>   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Psychological Association says multi-faceted approach is needed to cut suicide rate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6608,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-6589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medgoo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medgoo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medgoo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medgoo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medgoo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/medgoo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medgoo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medgoo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medgoo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medgoo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}