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CAPPS
Staglin Music Festival Center for the Assessment and Prevention
of Prodromal States
Have you or someone you know experienced recent worrisome changes
in thoughts and/or feelings?
If so, maybe the Staglin Music Festival Center for the Assessment
and Prevention of Prodromal States (CAPPS) can help.
Staglin Music Festival Center for the Assessment and Prevention
of Prodromal States
Helping Individuals at Risk
310-206-3466
WHAT IS CAPPS?
The Staglin Music Festival Center for the Assessment and Prevention
of Prodromal States (CAPPS) is a research clinic associated with
the departments of Psychology and Psychiatry & Biobehavioral
Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Adolescence and young adulthood can be a time of great change as
young people learn to meet new challenges. It can also become a
time of distress and confusion when new experiences are overwhelming.
CAPPS is a place for people worried about recent changes in their
thoughts, perceptions, and feelings. These changes may be difficult
to describe to others and are often a source of concern for young
people and their families. At CAPPS, we provide clinical, psychosocial,
and neuropsychological assessments, psychological and psychiatric
treatment, and conduct other research aimed at early identification
and prevention of these at-risk mental states.
Mental and emotional problems are often like physical problems;
the sooner they receive treatment, the better. The longer an illness
is left untreated, the greater the disruption to the person’s
ability to study, work, make friends and interact comfortably with
others.
IS CAPPS THE RIGHT PLACE
FOR YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW?
Individuals who come to CAPPS have a wide range of concerns they
may wish to discuss, such as unusual thoughts and perceptions,
increased depression, social anxiety, and greater difficulty with
work, school, friends and family. CAPPS is looking for individuals
between the ages of 12-35.
Have you noticed some of these recent
changes?
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odd behavior |
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withdrawal from family, friends,
and colleagues |
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subtle or pronounced suspiciousness
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irrational ideas of special identity,
abilities or grandeur |
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distorted or heightened perceptions
of sights, sound and speech |
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hearing voices and/or seeing visions |
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poor eating habits, sleeping patterns,
personal hygiene |
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uncanny feelings that the world
around them has become strange and unreal or that their lives
and events are controlled by outside forces |
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diminished or blunted emotional
reactivity, or inappropriate emotional reactivity |
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difficulty concentrating or thinking
clearly § trouble understanding what they hear and read |
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slipping behind and failing
at work and/or school
Individuals who are experiencing difficulty functioning and
who have a family member with a psychotic illness such as schizophrenia
are also considered to be at risk and are encouraged to contact
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WHAT DOES CAPPS DO?
CAPPS provides an initial screening interview to determine eligibility
for our research program. Individuals with difficulties outside the
scope of CAPPS will be provided with any available diagnostic information
and appropriate referrals to other services.
Individuals who are eligible and choose to participate in the CAPPS
research program will be asked to participate in the following procedures
(repeated over a two year period):
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Clinical Interview |
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Neurocognitive Testing |
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Psychophysiological Testing |
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
scans |
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Psychosocial Evaluations |
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Information Processing |
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Genetic Testing |
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Social Cognition |
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Genetic Testing |
Participants are compensated for their time at a rate of approximately
$10.00 per hour.
Participants in the CAPPS program will also be offered psychological
(individual and/or family) treatment and psychiatric treatment. Psychological
and Psychiatric treatment will be provided at no cost. Medications
will be billed to your insurance company.
THE PURPOSE OF THE CAPPS
RESEARCH CENTER IS:
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To develop a knowledge base for
the prediction of future thought disorders in adolescents and
young adults who have symptoms that may signal the early stage
of such a condition; |
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And To understand how brain functioning
changes over time in people who develop such conditions as compared
to those who do not. |
HOW TO CONTACT CAPPS
Referrals to CAPPS can be made by family physicians, psychiatrists,
pediatricians, and mental health professionals. Individuals interested
in help for themselves or someone they know may also contact us at:
310-206-3466
Tyrone D. Cannon, Ph.D - Center
Director
Steven Marder, M.D. - Medical Director
Mary O'Brien, Ph.D. - Psychological
Treatment Director
Alex Kopelowicz, M.D. - Outreach Director
Carrie Bearden, Ph.D. - Clinical
Assessment Director
Sabrina Lux - Administrative Director
For more information or to make a referral please contact us at: 310-206-3466
The Staglin Music Festival Center for the Assessment and Prevention
of Prodromal StatesDepartments of Psychology and Psychiatry & Biobehavioral
Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles
Neuropsychiatric Institute
300 Building Medical Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone: 310-206-3466
Fax: 310-794-9517
www.capps.ucla.edu
UCLA IRB# 00-08-025-12
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