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 the reporting framework, trauma-informed principles, TF-CBT PRACTICE in plain language, the medication evidence, 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 what happens after a child-protection notification in your jurisdiction, what trauma-related symptoms mean, how TF-CBT works step by step, what the evidence says about medication, and how mother will be involved. Check understanding and safety-net for crisis.[5]
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- [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
- [5]Cohen JA, Mannarino AP Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Children and Parents. Child and adolescent mental health, 2008.PMID 32847188
- [6]Heywood S, Bunzli S, Dillon M, et al. Trauma-informed physiotherapy and the principles of safety, trustworthiness, choice, collaboration, and empowerment: a qualitative study. Physiotherapy theory and practice, 2025.PMID 38374583
- [7]MacCormick NA To Mandate or Not to Mandate: A Review of Mandatory Reporting of Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect. Journal of law and medicine, 2018.PMID 30574722