Candidates can download application materials for their online examination and view other important information.

Scroll down the page, select your Specialty/Subspecialty, and view information pertaining to your examination. Information includes;

	Information for Applicants
	Applications (if available)
	Application Deadlines
	Fees
	Content Outlines
	Format and Scoring
	Examination Schedules

Each year the ABPN provides print publications for each examination that will be offered in the following year. These Information for Applicants publications contain our rules and regulations, requirements for admissions to examinations, examination procedures, specific training requirements, and content descriptions for the examination. Content outlines and format & scoring PDFs are also available for each Specialty/Subspecialty.

Fifth Edition (DSM-5)
With the publication of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) will adapt its examination specifications and content to conform to DSM-5 classifications and diagnostic criteria for its computer-delivered certification and maintenance of certification examinations according to the following timeline:

Examinations administered in 2013 and 2014
Will continue to use DSM-IV-TR

Examinations administered in 2015 and 2016
Will use classifications and diagnostic criteria that have not changed from DSM-IV-TR to DSM-5

Examinations administered in 2017
Will use DSM-5 classifications and diagnostic criteria

Oral examinations will continue to conform to DSM-IV-TR.

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