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Assistive Technology

Assistive technologies ensure that people with disabilities have equal access to information/electronic and telecommunication work environments. Although CAP does not sell any products, CAP provides objective information about assistive technology products and rehabilitation equipment for people with all types of disabilities, including both apparent physical disabilities as well as hidden cognitive disabilities: blindness/low vision; cognitive; communication; deafness/hard of hearing; and dexterity. Information available through CAP includes all assistive technologies whether acquired commercially, modified or customized.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia

Strauss GP, Duke LA, Ross SA, Allen DN. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and
Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia. Schizophr Bull. 2009 Nov 4. [Epub ahead of
print] PubMed PMID: 19889949.

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is highly comorbid with schizophrenia and
may be associated with higher levels or lower levels of negative symptoms. In the
current study, we attempted to clarify the relationship between PTSD and negative
symptoms by examining the proportion of patients meeting various negative symptom
criteria in a sample of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia alone or
schizophrenia and comorbid PTSD. Results indicated that the presence of PTSD in
schizophrenia was associated with increased secondary negative symptoms, with the
deficit syndrome (DS) and primary negative symptoms associated with lower rates
of current and lifetime diagnoses of PTSD. Furthermore, the deficit/nondeficit
classification provided greater differentiation of PTSD symptoms than did
negative symptoms defined more broadly using the Scale for the Assessment of
Negative Symptoms or primary vs secondary distinctions. These findings suggest
that DS patients are at a uniquely low risk for PTSD.

TRIAP and TAMP: Web based behavioral health care

TRIAP – (TRICARE Assistance Program) & TAMP (Transition Assistance Management Program)

The web-based TRICARE Assistance Program (TRIAP) Demonstration began on August 1, 2009 in the U.S. and will continue until April 1, 2010. The purpose of the demonstration is to test the use of web-based technologies to:

• Deliver information and counseling services to our beneficiaries
• Determine if web-based technologies increases efficiency of identifying beneficiaries who need behavioral health care
• Identify behavioral health needs of our beneficiaries earlier
• Refer and get beneficiaries access to the appropriate level of behavioral health care more effectively.