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)
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)
Counselling
Educational and school
Health
Forensic
Rhys: "I remember nothing"
Identify differential diagnoses and what you would assess next
Callum: "hit first or get hit"
Write a 5Ps formulation
Neuropsychology
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
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