Explain IPT and choose a focus — CASC communication station

Station brief

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

Candidate instructions. The patient has major depression after forced redundancy. Explain what IPT is in plain language, introduce the idea that depression is an illness linked to life roles/relationships, propose a primary role transition focus, outline roughly how many sessions and what “middle work” looks like, and answer whether they must stop their SSRI. Check understanding; avoid promising cure; collaborative tone. ^[1][2]