The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology® has reviewed and updated the content for the Geriatric Psychiatry Board Exams.
The topics you can expect to see on the 2024 Geriatric Psychiatry Certification and Maintenance of Certification exams 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 |
| 9-11% | 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 |
| 9-11% | Other conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention |
| 14-16% | Neurocognitive disorders |
| 4-6% | Neurologic disorders |
| 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 |
| 24-26% | Clinical aspects of psychiatric and neuropsychiatric disorders |
| 11-13% | Diagnostic procedures |
| 32-34% | Treatment |
| 1-3% | Interpersonal and communication skills |
| 2-4% | Professionalism, ethics, and the law |
| 9-11% | Systems-based practice |
| 1-3% | Forensic psychiatry |
| 4-6% | Dimension 2 topics without a corresponding Dimension 1 topic |
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