Shared decision-making and stigma around long-acting antipsychotic — CASC communication station

Station brief

Format. Communication station, approximately 7–10 minutes active time after reading. You are the psychiatry registrar in an early-psychosis clinic. [3]

Candidate instructions. Your patient is considering long-acting injectable antipsychotic medication after partial oral adherence. Explore concerns about stigma and identity, use a shared decision-making structure, link options to personal recovery goals (for example work), avoid pejorative or coercive language, check understanding, agree a plan, and safety-net. Do not invent statute numbers or threaten compulsory treatment as a first conversational move. [1][3][4]