Case practice
Case-study practice
25 fictional cases for practising formulation: a 5Ps formulation, a differential diagnosis, a first-session plan or a team intervention. Write your answer, read it beside a model answer, then check it against the rubric.
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Clinical (adult)
Ayesha: a racing heart on the bus
Write a 5Ps formulation
Tomás: low after the redundancy
Identify differential diagnoses and what you would assess next
Mei: signals on the tram
Identify differential diagnoses and what you would assess next
Imran: after the scaffold fell
Write a 5Ps formulation
Clinical (child and adolescent)
Zara: stomach aches on school mornings
Write a 5Ps formulation
Kwame: "he never listens"
Identify differential diagnoses and what you would assess next
Rabia: "nothing is wrong"
Plan the first session
Counselling
Priya: "I don't know if I want to stay married"
Plan the first session
Bilal: the first-year who games until four
Write a 5Ps formulation
Grace: two cups in the morning
Identify differential diagnoses and what you would assess next
Educational and school
Hamza: reading in a third language
Identify differential diagnoses and what you would assess next
Lily: silent at school
Plan the first session
Sana: the photo in the group chat
Write a 5Ps formulation
Health
Farhan: "what is written will happen"
Write a 5Ps formulation
Joanna: "the pain is real"
Plan the first session
Nadia: seven doctors in eighteen months
Identify differential diagnoses and what you would assess next
Forensic
Junaid: a report for the juvenile court
Plan the first session
Rhys: "I remember nothing"
Identify differential diagnoses and what you would assess next
Callum: "hit first or get hit"
Write a 5Ps formulation
Neuropsychology
Mrs Kaur: forgetful since the spring
Identify differential diagnoses and what you would assess next
Ali: "a different person" after the accident
Write a 5Ps formulation
Mr Okafor: "they want to lock me away"
Plan the first session
Industrial-organisational
The quiet stand-up: a software team in Lahore
Diagnose the team problem and propose an intervention
The four-minute call: burnout in a support centre
Diagnose the team problem and propose an intervention
Two brothers, one mill
Diagnose the team problem and propose an intervention
The cases, model answers and rubrics were written for PsychologyOrbit and checked against the sources named on each case. Found a mistake? Tell us and give the case number.