Psych Vivas · Professional — psychosocial interventions
Family intervention and expressed emotion — clinical viva
Fellowship viva on EE, family intervention evidence, models, engagement, and CASC pitfalls.
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Target exams
FRANZCPMRCPsychABPNMD-DNB
Prompt
Examiner shows a genogram of a young man with psychosis living with high-EE parents and asks you to structure a family intervention plan.
Station structure
Time: 8–10 minutes. Depth: consultant teaching family work as evidence-based intervention, not optional soft skill — EE and family intervention evidence must be exam-ready.[1][5]
References3ShowHide
- [1]Butzlaff RL, Hooley JM Expressed emotion and psychiatric relapse: a meta-analysis Arch Gen Psychiatry, 1998.PMID 9633674
- [5]Pharoah F, Mari J, Rathbone J, et al. Family intervention for schizophrenia Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2010.PMID 21154340
- [2]Brown GW, Birley JL, Wing JK Influence of family life on the course of schizophrenic disorders: a replication Br J Psychiatry, 1972.PMID 5073778