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
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
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
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
Health
Farhan: "what is written will happen"
Write a 5Ps formulation
Joanna: "the pain is real"
Plan the first session
Forensic
Neuropsychology
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
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.