Psych CASC / OSCE · intellectual disability psychiatry
Explain intellectual disability diagnosis and assessment plan to parents — CASC communication station
MRCPsych/FRANZCP-style communication station: explain ID triad and adaptive severity without jargon overload, outline aetiological workup principles, reject core-drug myths, and map education/disability supports and hope through support intensity.
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FRANZCPMRCPsychABPNMD-DNB
Prompt
Parents of a 9-year-old with newly confirmed intellectual disability want a plain-language explanation of what the diagnosis means, how severity is decided, what tests look for causes, whether medicine can fix intelligence, and what supports help.
Station brief
Format. Communication station, approximately 7–10 minutes active time after reading. You are the psychiatry registrar in the developmental clinic. [1]
Candidate instructions. Explain the intellectual disability diagnosis, how severity is decided, what cause-finding tests are for, whether medicines raise IQ, and what supports are available. Check understanding and offer follow-up. The examiner plays both parents. [1]
References4ShowHide
- [1]Moeschler JB, Shevell M; Committee on Genetics Comprehensive evaluation of the child with intellectual disability or global developmental delays Pediatrics, 2014.PMID 25157020
- [2]Miller DT, Adam MP, Aradhya S, et al. Consensus statement: chromosomal microarray is a first-tier clinical diagnostic test for individuals with developmental disabilities or congenital anomalies Am J Hum Genet, 2010.PMID 20466091
- [3]Tassé MJ, Luckasson R, Schalock RL The Relation Between Intellectual Functioning and Adaptive Behavior in the Diagnosis of Intellectual Disability Intellect Dev Disabil, 2016.PMID 27893317
- [4]Heslop P, Blair PS, Fleming P, Hoghton M, Marriott A, Russ L The Confidential Inquiry into premature deaths of people with intellectual disabilities in the UK: a population-based study Lancet, 2014.PMID 24332307