Psych · Vivas

Vivas

280 units across 194 domains — Structured oral cross-examination scripts mapped to examiner dimensions.

280Units

Fellowship viva on ACT psychological flexibility, hexaflex, avoidance/fusion, evidence, CBT comparison, and medication integration.

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Domain

Child and adolescent psychiatry — neurodevelopmental

clinical

ADHD across the lifespan — structured clinical viva

Fellowship viva covering adolescent ADHD, adherence, cannabis/diversion, driving risk, atomoxetine/guanfacine alternatives, CBT/coaching, and transition planning.

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clinical

Autism spectrum disorder — structured clinical viva

Fellowship viva on ASD criteria and levels, differentials, ESDM/PACT/parent training, RUPP risperidone and Owen aripiprazole for irritability, capacity and transition.

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clinical

Anxiolytics and hypnotics — cross-table viva

Fellowship viva on GABA-A vs non-GABAergic anxiolytics/hypnotics, short-term use, taper, elderly harm, and lethal interactions.

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General adult psychiatry — feeding and eating disorders

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ARFID — structured clinical viva

Fellowship viva on adult ARFID: sensory presentation, NIAS/PARDI, micronutrient risk, CBT-AR adult evidence, accommodation, pharmacotherapy limits.

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Fellowship viva on hoarding disorder with animal and fire risk, capacity, specialised CBT, and multiagency care.

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Fellowship viva on the retirement of the culture-bound syndrome category, the DSM-5-TR cultural concepts of distress, eponym mastery without othering, amok and forensic caution, migration and psychosis epidemiology, and practical use of the Cultural Formulation Interview. FRANZCP W11-primary.

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Functional neurological disorder — structured clinical viva

Fellowship viva on functional seizures, communication ethics, AED rationalisation, and psychological treatment evidence.

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Fellowship viva on chronic insomnia disorder: 3P model, CBT-I, hypnotic risk, OSA, and deprescribing.

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Narcolepsy and hypersomnolence — structured clinical viva

Fellowship viva on NT1: cataplexy vs conversion, MSLT, modafinil/oxybate, driving, psychiatric mislabeling.

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Obstructive sleep apnoea and psychiatry — structured clinical viva

Fellowship viva on OSA in SMI, SGA weight gain, sedative risk, PAP adherence, and safety.

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Restless legs syndrome — structured clinical viva

Fellowship viva on RLS augmentation, iron repletion, α2δ switch, and dopamine-agonist impulse-control disorders.

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Fellowship viva on somatic delusional disorder vs schizophrenia, engagement without collusion, iatrogenic harm prevention, antipsychotic plan, and evidence limits.

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Schizoaffective disorder — structured clinical viva

Fellowship viva on schizoaffective bipolar type criteria, discrimination from schizophrenia and bipolar with psychosis, antidepressant pitfalls, lithium/antipsychotic strategy, and suicide risk.

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Schizophrenia spectrum — structured clinical viva

Fellowship viva on FSIAD/GPPPD interface: classification, mechanisms, SSRI effects, assessment, and stepped pharmacological/psychosexual care.

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Separation anxiety disorder — structured clinical viva

Fellowship viva covering adult separation anxiety disorder mislabelled as panic, DSM-5 lifespan framing, exposure plan, medication stewardship, and engagement.

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Social anxiety disorder — structured clinical viva

Fellowship viva covering chronic SAD, alcohol safety behaviour, inadequate prior SSRI trials, Clark/Wells CBT targets, and evidence-based medication including maintenance and specialist MAOI context.

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Melancholic and atypical specifiers — structured clinical viva

Fellowship viva on melancholic vs atypical depression specifiers: criteria hinge, mechanisms, ECT, Columbia MAOI evidence, washouts, pitfalls.

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Psychotic depression — structured clinical viva

Fellowship viva on psychotic depression: DSM specifier, suicide, combination AD+AP, ECT, STOP-PD/STOP-PD II, metabolic monitoring, differentials.

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clinical

Seasonal and atypical depression — structured clinical viva

Fellowship viva covering seasonal pattern specifier, atypical features, Can-SAD, Golden light meta-analysis, MAOI historical evidence, CBT-SAD, and anticipatory bupropion XL.

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Motivational interviewing — structured clinical viva

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Vivas

Consultation-liaison psychiatry — abnormal illness behaviour

Abnormal illness behaviour and the sick role — structured clinical viva

Emergency psychiatry — absconding and missing patients

Absconding and missing patients — structured clinical viva

Psychotherapy

Acceptance and commitment therapy — structured clinical viva

Behavioural activation — structured clinical viva

Cognitive analytic therapy — structured clinical viva

Couples therapy — structured clinical viva

Group psychotherapy — structured clinical viva

Interpersonal psychotherapy — structured clinical viva

Mentalisation-based treatment — structured clinical viva

Schema therapy — structured clinical viva

Supportive psychotherapy techniques — structured clinical viva

Emergency psychiatry

Acute agitation and rapid tranquillisation — structured clinical viva

Acute behavioural disturbance and excited delirium — structured clinical viva

Lithium toxicity — structured clinical viva

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome — structured clinical viva

Overdose and toxicology — structured clinical viva

Psychiatric emergencies — structured clinical viva

Serotonin toxicity — structured clinical viva

Addiction psychiatry

Addiction in older adults — structured clinical viva

Alcohol use disorder — structured clinical viva

Alcohol withdrawal and delirium tremens — structured clinical viva

Alcohol-related brain injury and Korsakoff — structured clinical viva

Anti-craving pharmacotherapy — structured clinical viva

Benzodiazepine dependence — structured clinical viva

Child and adolescent psychiatry — neurodevelopmental

ADHD across the lifespan — structured clinical viva

Autism spectrum disorder — structured clinical viva

Language and communication disorders — structured clinical viva

General adult psychiatry — trauma and stressor-related

Adjustment disorders — structured clinical viva

Grief and prolonged grief disorder — structured clinical viva

Child and adolescent psychiatry — eating disorders

Adolescent eating disorders — structured clinical viva

foundations — advanced EBM and evidence synthesis

Advanced critical appraisal — structured clinical viva

Old age psychiatry — Alzheimer disease

Alzheimer disease — structured clinical viva

Specialty psychiatry — eating disorders

Anorexia nervosa — structured clinical viva

Psychopharmacology — antidepressants

Antidepressants — cross-table viva

Psychopharmacology — antipsychotics

Antipsychotics — cross-table viva

General adult psychiatry — personality disorders

Antisocial personality disorder — structured clinical viva

Avoidant personality disorder — structured clinical viva

Borderline personality disorder — structured clinical viva

Cluster A and C personality disorders — structured clinical viva

Dependent personality disorder — structured clinical viva

Histrionic personality disorder — structured clinical viva

ICD-11 personality disorder dimensional model — structured clinical viva

Paranoid personality disorder — structured clinical viva

Schizotypal personality disorder — structured clinical viva

Psychopharmacology — anxiolytics and hypnotics

Anxiolytics and hypnotics — cross-table viva

General adult psychiatry — feeding and eating disorders

ARFID — structured clinical viva

Pica and rumination disorder — structured clinical viva

Forensic psychiatry — arson and fire-setting

Arson and fire-setting — structured clinical viva

Child and adolescent psychiatry — attachment disorders

Attachment disorders in children — structured clinical viva

Foundations — attachment

Attachment theory — structured clinical viva

Intellectual disability psychiatry — neurodevelopmental dual diagnosis

Autism and intellectual disability dual diagnosis — structured clinical viva

Consultation-liaison psychiatry

Autoimmune encephalitis and organic psychosis — structured clinical viva

Cardiac psychiatry — structured clinical viva

Delirium — structured clinical viva

Dementia and major NCD — structured clinical viva

Demoralisation and adjustment to medical illness — structured clinical viva

Endocrine psychiatry — structured clinical viva

Epilepsy and psychiatry — structured clinical viva