Child Psychiatry Board Review Questions and Practice Tests

Information about the ABPN Certification Exam in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP)

What is covered on the ABPN Certification Exam in CAP?

According to the ABPN Certification Exam in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Content Blueprint, the exam covers the following topics:

Dimension 1: Psychiatric Disorders and Topics

• Developmental processes and development through the life cycle 10-14%
  
• Neurodevelopmental disorders 6-8%
• Substance-related and addictive disorders 5-7%
  
• Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders 3-5%
• Depressive disorders 7-9%
  
• Bipolar and related disorders 3-5%
  
• Anxiety disorders 7-9%
  
• Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders 1-2%
  
• Trauma- and stressor-related disorders 5-7%
  
• Dissociative disorders 1-2%
  
• Somatic symptoms and related disorders 2-4%
  
• Eating disorders 2-4%
  
• Elimination disorders 1-3%
  
• Sleep-wake disorders 1-3%
  
• Sexual dysfunctions 1-2%
  
• Gender dysphoria 1-3%
  
• Disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders 5-7%
  
• Personality disorders 4-6%
  
• Paraphilic disorders 1-2%
  
• Other conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention 6-8%
  
• Neurocognitive disorders 1-3%
  
• Neurologic disorders 3-5%
  
• Dimension 2 topics without a corresponding Dimension 1 topic 4-6%

Dimension 2 Physician Competencies and Mechanisms

• Neuroscience and mechanisms of disease 8-10%
  
• Behavioral/social sciences and psychosocial mechanisms of diseases 8-12%
  
• Clinical aspects of psychiatric and neuropsychiatric disorders 17-23%
  
• Diagnostic procedures 8-12%
  
• Treatment 25-35%
  
• Interpersonal and communication skills 3-5%
• Professionalism, ethics, and the law 3-5%
  
• Practice-based learning and improvement 2-4%
• Systems-based practice 8-12%

The BoardVitals Child Psychiatry Question Bank follows the content outlined in the ABPN Certification Exam in CAP Content Blueprint.