{"id":18742,"date":"2012-12-20T15:36:58","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T20:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=18742"},"modified":"2012-12-20T15:37:43","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T20:37:43","slug":"elementary-school-massacre-puts-mental-health-in-the-national-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=18742","title":{"rendered":"Elementary School Massacre Puts Mental Health In The National Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to numerous reports, <strong>Adam Lanza<\/strong>, the 20-year-old who killed 20 children and seven adults in Newtown, Connecticut last Friday before killing himself, allegedly suffered from Asperger\u2019s syndrome. Some have speculated that his disorder contributed to the factors leading <strong>Lanza <\/strong>to commit mass murder, but experts have cautioned that<strong> Lanza\u2019s<\/strong> mental state was likely a complex portrait of disturbance in which autism played a minor part.<\/p>\n<p>Asperger\u2019s syndrome is a neurological condition that, while incurable, can be managed if treated. Sufferers of this autism spectrum disorder often experience difficulty with emotional connection, engage in ritualistic behaviors, and become isolated from peers. These symptoms plagued <strong>Lanza<\/strong>, who many in his town have described as an intelligent, but extremely awkward, loner.<\/p>\n<p>Experts have related that, although displays of aggression in those diagnosed with autism can occur up to 30 percent more often than among members of the general population, there is no connection between Asperger\u2019s and the type of violence<strong> Lanza <\/strong>displayed.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Pictured: Candles are lit among mementos at a memorial for victims of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to numerous reports, Adam Lanza, the 20-year-old who killed 20 children and seven adults in Newtown, Connecticut last Friday before killing himself, allegedly suffered from Asperger\u2019s syndrome. Some have speculated that his disorder contributed to the factors leading Lanza to commit mass murder, but experts have cautioned that Lanza\u2019s mental state was likely a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}