Explain seclusion and repair trust after restrictive practice — CASC communication station

Station brief

Format. Communication station, approximately 7–10 minutes active time after reading. You are the psychiatry registrar. The examiner plays the patient who was secluded yesterday.^[2]

Candidate instructions. Explain what seclusion is and why it was used in plain language. Acknowledge harm and distress. State that it is not punishment and not a treatment for psychosis. Outline less restrictive steps that should be tried first. Cover observation/safety, that legal paperwork follows local rules (do not invent section numbers), rights to information/advocacy/review principles, and a collaborative plan to reduce the chance of recurrence. Invite their account of what happened.^[1][2][5]