Explain clinical high risk to parents — CASC communication station

Station brief

Format. Communication station, approximately 7–10 minutes active time after reading. You are the psychiatry registrar in the youth early-psychosis clinic. ^[1]

Candidate instructions. Explain the working formulation of clinical high risk / attenuated psychotic symptoms to the parents. Cover what it is and is not, realistic conversion expectations, planned care (psychological therapies, treating anxiety/depression, cannabis, monitoring), when medication might be considered, and what happens if symptoms become frank. Check understanding and safety-net. The examiner plays both parents. ^[2][3]