Explain a first episode of psychosis to a young person and family — OSCE

Candidate instructions

Explain that a first episode of psychosis is a real and treatable medical illness, not a character flaw or a parenting failure; describe why prompt specialist referral matters through the duration-of-untreated-psychosis idea in plain terms; outline first-line antipsychotic treatment and what the medication will and will not do; address cannabis as a modifiable risk factor without blame; describe the metabolic monitoring plan; check understanding; and agree a shared written plan. The examiner plays a parent. ^{[2] [4]}