MRCPsych on the Go: Revision Essentials
Hello! My name is Dr Aalap Asurlekar, and I am a psychiatry trainee in the UK. I created MRCPsych on the Go to make revision for the MRCPsych exams easier to fit around busy clinical work.
This podcast is designed for psychiatry trainees preparing for Paper A, B, CASC but also, medical students. Each episode focuses on key syllabus topics and explains them in clear, structured language to help you understand and retain the most important concepts.
Topics range from psychopathology, psychopharmacology, neuroscience, sociology, behavioral science, psychological therapies to clinical assessment. Episodes include exam style questions and clinical scenarios to support active recall and exam preparation.
The aim is to provide focused, high yield psychiatry revision you can listen to during commutes, walks or between shifts.
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MRCPsych on the Go: Revision Essentials
3. Why We Avoid: The Psychology of Escape, Avoidance and Fear
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Why does someone with a phobia go miles out of their way to avoid a spider? And why does that avoidance make the fear worse, not better?
In this episode, we explore avoidance and escape learning, covering negative reinforcement, conditioned fear responses and the behavioural patterns that underpin anxiety disorders and phobias. Understanding why avoidance behaviour develops and persists is essential for any clinician working with anxious patients, and these concepts are frequently tested in MRCPsych examinations.
Ideal for MRCPsych Part A revision, psychology students and anyone interested in the behavioural roots of anxiety. Aligned with the Royal College of Psychiatrists MRCPsych Part A syllabus, paragraph 1.1.1.