The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology® has reviewed and updated the content for the Geriatric Psychiatry Boards.
The expected 2025 Geriatric Psychiatry Board Exam topics are:
| Percent of Exam | Geriatric Psychiatry Certification Board Exam Topics - Dimension 1 |
|---|---|
| 3-5% | Developmental processes and development through the life cycle |
| 1-2% | Neurodevelopmental disorders |
| 7-9% | Substance-related and addictive disorders |
| 5-7% | Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders |
| 8-12% | Depressive disorders |
| 5-7% | Bipolar and related disorders |
| 7-9% | Anxiety disorders |
| 1-3% | Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders |
| 3-5% | Trauma- and stressor-related disorders |
| 1-2% | Dissociative disorders |
| 1-3% | Somatic symptom and related disorders |
| 1-2% | Eating disorders |
| 2-4% | Sleep-wake disorders |
| 1-3% | Sexual dysfunctions |
| 1-2% | Gender dysphoria |
| 1-2% | Disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders |
| 1-3% | Personality disorders |
| 1-2% | Paraphilic disorders |
| 8-12% | Other conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention |
| 4-6% | Neurocognitive disorders |
| 4-6% | Neurologic disorders |
| 1-3% | Forensic psychiatry |
| 4-6% | Dimension 2 topics without a corresponding Dimension 1 topic |
| 1-3% | Forensic psychiatry |
| 4-6% | Dimension 2 topics without a corresponding Dimension 1 topic |
| Percent of Exam | Geriatric Psychiatry Certification Board Exam Topics - Dimension 2 |
|---|---|
| 7-9% | Neuroscience and mechanisms of disease |
| 4-6% | Behavioral/social sciences and psychosocial mechanisms of diseases |
| 23-27% | Clinical aspects of psychiatric and neuropsychiatric disorders |
| 10-14% | Diagnostic procedures |
| 31-35% | Treatment |
| 1-3% | Interpersonal and communication skills |
| 2-4% | Professionalism, ethics, and the law |
| 8-12% | Systems-based practice |
| 1-3% | Practice-based learning and improvement |
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