Behavioral Science Subject Exam - Content Outline

Systems

General Principles of Foundational Science (1%–5%)

Behavioral Health (40%–45%)

  • Normal processes
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  • Adaptive and maladaptive behavioral responses to stress and illness
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  • Patient adherence
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  • Psychotic disorders
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  • Anxiety disorders
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  • Mood disorders
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  • Somatic symptoms and related disorders
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  • Factitious disorders
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  • Eating disorders and impulse control disorders
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  • Disorders originating in infancy/childhood
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  • Personality disorders
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  • Psychosocial disorders/behaviors
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  • Substance use disorders
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  • Adverse effects of drugs

 

Nervous System & Special Senses (15%–20%)

  • Normal processes Infectious, immunologic, and inflammatory disorders
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  • Degenerative disorders/amnestic syndromes
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  • Global cerebral dysfunction
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  • Movement disorders
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  • Paroxysmal disorders
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  • Sleep disorders
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  • Traumatic and mechanical disorders and disorders of increased intracranial pressure
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  • Congenital disorders
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  • Adverse effects of drugs on the nervous system

 

Multisystem Processes & Disorders (1%–5%)

  • Nutrition
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  • Abuse

 

Biostatistics, Epidemiology/Population Health, & Interpretation of the Medical Lit. (1%–5%)

Social Sciences, Including Communication and Medical Ethics & Jurisprudence (25%–30%)

 

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