The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc® has reviewed and updated the content for the Psychiatry Certification Board Exams.
The expected 2025 Psychiatry Certification exam topics are:
| Percent of Exam | Psychiatry Certification Board Exam Topics |
|---|---|
| 3-5% | Neurodevelopmental disorders |
| 2-4% | Developmental processes and development through the life cycle |
| 7-11% | Substance-related and addictive disorders |
| 8-12% | Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders |
| 8-12% | Depressive disorders |
| 4-6% | Bipolar and related disorders |
| 7-9% | Anxiety disorders |
| 2-4% | Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders |
| 4-6% | Trauma- and stressor-related disorders |
| 1-2% | Dissociative disorders |
| 2-4% | Somatic symptom and related disorders |
| 2-4% | Eating disorders |
| 1-2% | Elimination disorders |
| 3-5% | Sleep-wake disorders |
| 1-3% | Sexual dysfunctions |
| 1-2% | Gender dysphoria |
| 1-3% | Disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders |
| 5-7% | Personality disorders |
| 1-2% | Paraphilic disorders |
| 1-3% | Other conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention |
| 6-8% | Neurocognitive disorders |
| 4-6% | Neurologic disorders |
| 4-6% | Dimension 2 topics without a corresponding Dimension 1 topic |
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