Explaining tardive dyskinesia and treatment options — CASC communication station

Station brief

Format. Communication station, approximately 7–10 minutes after reading time. You are the psychiatry registrar meeting the patient and partner in clinic after an AIMS assessment showed moderate orofacial TD.^[1]

Candidate instructions. Explain tardive dyskinesia in plain language, acknowledge the link to dopamine-blocking medicines without abandoning hope, outline options (dose review, switch including possible clozapine pathway if psychosis requires ongoing treatment, VMAT2 inhibitors with trial-level evidence), and check understanding. Do not invent legal section numbers or claim SGAs never cause TD.^[2][4][5]