ABPN Study Guide 2026
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📋 ABPN Exam Format at a Glance
📚 ABPN Topics to Study (43)
✍️ Sample ABPN Questions & Answers
1. Wernicke encephalopathy is caused by deficiency of which vitamin?
Thiamine (B1) deficiency causes Wernicke encephalopathy, often in chronic alcohol use.
2. A patient with resting tremor, bradykinesia, and cogwheel rigidity most likely has dysfunction of which structure?
Loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra causes the classic parkinsonian triad.
3. Which ABPN subspecialty addresses disorders of nerves and muscles such as ALS and peripheral neuropathies?
Neuromuscular Medicine covers disorders of nerve and muscle.
4. A 25-year-old presents with 8 months of hallucinations, disorganized speech, and social withdrawal without a mood episode. Which diagnosis best fits?
Symptoms persisting 6 months or longer with functional decline and no dominant mood episode meet criteria for schizophrenia.
5. Which demyelinating disease shows oligoclonal bands in the CSF and periventricular white-matter lesions?
MS produces CNS demyelination with CSF oligoclonal bands and MRI white-matter plaques.
6. Geriatric psychiatry as an ABPN subspecialty focuses primarily on which patient population?
Geriatric psychiatry subspecialists are trained to manage the psychiatric, cognitive, and behavioral disorders particularly affecting adults 65 and older.