Psych CASC / OSCE · General adult psychiatry — psychotic disorders
Explain schizoaffective disorder and treatment plan — CASC communication station
MRCPsych/FRANZCP-style communication station: explain longitudinal diagnosis, type specifier, medication plan (antipsychotic + mood stabiliser), antidepressant caution, suicide safety-net, and check understanding.
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Format. Communication station, approximately 7–10 minutes after reading time. You are the psychiatry registrar in the community team. The examiner plays the partner. [1]
Candidate instructions. Explain the working diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder bipolar type in plain language, outline why both antipsychotic and mood treatment matter, address fears about “personality change” from medication, discuss early warning signs, and check understanding. Do not invent foreign legal section numbers. [1][3]
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- [1]Malaspina D, Owen MJ, Heckers S, et al. Schizoaffective Disorder in the DSM-5 Schizophr Res, 2013.PMID 23707642
- [2]Canuso CM, Lindenmayer JP, Kosik-Gonzalez C, et al. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 2 dose ranges of paliperidone extended-release in the treatment of subjects with schizoaffective disorder J Clin Psychiatry, 2010.PMID 20492853
- [3]Galletly C, Castle D, Dark F, et al. Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists clinical practice guidelines for the management of schizophrenia and related disorders Aust N Z J Psychiatry, 2016.PMID 27106681