{"id":188833,"date":"2017-07-14T10:30:41","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T10:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/you-asked-r-u-ok-but-can-you-handle-the-answer\/"},"modified":"2017-07-14T10:30:41","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T10:30:41","slug":"you-asked-r-u-ok-but-can-you-handle-the-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/you-asked-r-u-ok-but-can-you-handle-the-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"You Asked, &#8216;R U OK?&#8217; But Can You Handle The Answer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re asking the question \u201cR U OK?\u201d chances are, you\u2019ve witnessed some symptoms of depression or warning signs for suicide. As you talk to your friend, child or student, it\u2019s important that you keep these warning signs in mind. In my book, I outline several symptoms and warning signs for depression and suicide, including withdrawal from family and friends, disinterest in favorite extracurricular activities, behavioral problems, substance abuse, risky behavior, declining grades, physical pain, low self-esteem, conflict with family and friends, sadness, anxiety and thoughts of hopelessness. Prepare yourself to identify these symptoms or warning signs when they arise in the conversation, as you could be the key to helping a friend or loved one get help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re asking the question \u201cR U OK?\u201d chances are, you\u2019ve witnessed some symptoms of depression or warning signs for suicide. As you talk to your friend, child or student, it\u2019s important that you keep these warning signs in mind. In my book, I outline several symptoms and warning signs for depression and suicide, including <a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/you-asked-r-u-ok-but-can-you-handle-the-answer\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188833\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}