Psych CASC / OSCE · Child and adolescent psychiatry — childhood trauma and maltreatment
Explain safeguarding and TF-CBT after childhood maltreatment — CASC communication station
MRCPsych/FRANZCP-style communication station: explain reporting duty, trauma-informed next steps, TF-CBT PRACTICE in plain language, safety first, optional medication adjunct, and teach-back.
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Format. Communication station, approximately 7–10 minutes active time after reading. You are the CAMHS registrar. The examiner plays the non-offending parent. [2]
Candidate instructions. Explain in accessible language why a child-protection notification is required, how you will keep the child safe, what trauma-related symptoms mean (without over-labelling), how TF-CBT works step by step, that medication is not first-line alone, and how mother will be involved as a safe caregiver. Check understanding and safety-net for crisis. [1][2][3]
You have read the opening of this CASC / OSCE. The complete unit — every section and its primary-source references — is part of the Psychiatry Fellowship fellowship atlas.
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- [1]Cohen JA, Deblinger E, Mannarino AP, Steer RA A multisite, randomized controlled trial for children with sexual abuse-related PTSD symptoms J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 2004.PMID 15187799
- [2]Cohen JA, Bukstein O, Walter H, et al. Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with posttraumatic stress disorder J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 2010.PMID 20410735
- [3]Harris M, Fallot RD Designing trauma-informed addictions services New Dir Ment Health Serv, 2001.PMID 11291263
- [4]Gilbert R, Widom CS, Browne K, et al. Burden and consequences of child maltreatment in high-income countries Lancet, 2009.PMID 19056114