Behavioral Science Subject Exam - Content Outline
Systems
- General Principles of Foundational Science (1%–5%)
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Behavioral Health (40%–45%)
- Normal processes
- Adaptive and maladaptive behavioral responses to stress and illness
- Patient adherence
- Psychotic disorders
- Anxiety disorders
- Mood disorders
- Somatic symptoms and related disorders
- Factitious disorders
- Eating disorders and impulse control disorders
- Disorders originating in infancy/childhood
- Personality disorders
- Psychosocial disorders/behaviors
- Substance use disorders
- Adverse effects of drugs
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Nervous System & Special Senses (15%–20%)
- Normal processes
- Infectious, immunologic, and inflammatory disorders
- Degenerative disorders/amnestic syndromes
- Global cerebral dysfunction
- Movement disorders
- Paroxysmal disorders
- Sleep disorders
- Traumatic and mechanical disorders and disorders of increased intracranial pressure
- Congenital disorders
- Adverse effects of drugs on the nervous system
- Multisystem Processes & Disorders (1%–5%)
- Nutrition
- Abuse
- Biostatistics, Epidemiology/Population Health, & Interpretation of the Medical Lit. (1%–5%)
- Social Sciences, Including Communication and Medical Ethics & Jurisprudence (25%–30%)