The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc® has reviewed and updated the content for the Psychiatry Board Exams.
The topics you can expect to see on the 2023 Psychiatry Certification and Psychiatry Maintenance of Certification exams are:
Psychiatry Certification BOARD EXAM TOPICS
| Psychiatry Certification Board Exam Topics | Percent of Exam |
|---|---|
| Neurodevelopmental disorders | 4% |
| Developmental processes and development through the life cycle | 3% |
| Substance-related and addictive disorders | 10% |
| Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders | 10% |
| Depressive disorders | 10% |
| Bipolar and related disorders | 5% |
| Anxiety disorders | 8% |
| Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders | 3% |
| Trauma- and stressor-related disorders | 5% |
| Dissociative disorders | 0.9% |
| Somatic symptom and related disorders | 3% |
| Eating disorders | 3% |
| Elimination disorders | 0.9% |
| Sleep-wake disorders | 4% |
| Sexual dysfunctions | 1% |
| Gender dysphoria | 0.9% |
| Disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders | 2% |
| Personality disorders | 6% |
| Paraphilic disorders | 0.9% |
| Other conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention | 2% |
| Neurocognitive disorders | 7% |
| Neurologic disorders | 5% |
| Dimension 2 topics without a corresponding Dimension 1 topic | 5% |
| Psychiatry Maintenance of Certification Board Exam Topics | Percent of Exam |
|---|---|
| Developmental processes and development through the life cycle | 2% |
| Disorders usually first diagnosed in infancy, childhood, or adolescence (Neurodevelopmental disorders) | 2% |
| Substance-related and addictive disorders | 10% |
| Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders | 10% |
| Depressive disorders | 10% |
| Bipolar and related disorders | 7% |
| Anxiety disorders | 8% |
| Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders | 3% |
| Trauma- and stressor-related disorders | 6% |
| Dissociative disorders | 1% |
| Somatic symptom and related disorders | 5% |
| Eating disorders | 3% |
| Sleep-wake disorders | 3% |
| Sexual dysfunctions | 2% |
| Gender dysphoria | 2% |
| Disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders | 1% |
| Personality disorders | 7% |
| Paraphilic disorders | 1% |
| Other conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention | 1% |
| Neurocognitive disorders | 8% |
| Neurologic disorders | 5% |
| Dimension 2 topics without a corresponding Dimension 1 topic | 3% |
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