ABSTRACT
Individual Statement Questions (ISQs) and Extended Matching Items (EMIs) were introduced in both the basic sciences and clinical topics written papers for the MRCPsych Part II in autumn 2003. The breakdown of ISQs in the papers in this book (as suggested by the Royal College of Psychiatrists) is a rough guide, intended to give candidates an idea of the areas of the curriculum that are covered by the examination. However, questions on other areas of the curriculum may be included. The exact number of questions from each area is also a rough guide. There is no official breakdown that covers the EMI component of either the basic sciences or the clinical topics paper. In both papers:
Basic sciences paper Psychology – 62 questions Basic and behavioural 9 Social 12 Neuropsychology 14 Human development 17 Assessment 5 Description and measurement of behaviour 3 Basis of psychological treatments 2
Social sciences and ethology – 14 questions
Neurosciences – 39 questions Neuroanatomy 5 Neuropathology 9 Neurophysiology 10 Neuroendocrinology 8 Neurochemistry 7
reactions, theories of action, drug dependence, new drugs) – 18 questions
Genetics, epidemiology, statistics and research methodology, medical ethics and principles of law – 32 questions
Clinical topics paper General adult psychiatry (classification of disease, preventive strategies, presentation of illness and treatment, hospital liaison psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, medicine relevant to psychiatry and HIV, research) – 56 questions
Old age psychiatry – 25 questions
Addictions – 17 questions
Child and adolescent psychiatry – 24 questions
Forensic psychiatry – 16 questions
Learning disability – 19 questions
Psychotherapy and psychopathology – 8 questions
