MRCPsych Paper 1
Written Paper Centres in the UK, Ireland and Hong
Kong
The MRCPsych Paper 1 will be 3 hours long,
containing 200 marks. The paper will include both ‘best answer 1 of
5’ style MCQs and EMIs. Approximately one third of the
paper will be the EMI component.
The content of the MRCPsych Paper 1 Written Paper will
be the following:
- General Adult
- History and mental state examination
- Cognitive assessment
- Neurological examination
- Assessment
- Aetiology
- Diagnosis
- Classification
- Basic Psychopharmacology
- Basic psychological processes
- Human psychological development
- Social psychology
- Description and measurement
- Basic psychological treatments
- Prevention of psychiatric disorder
- Descriptive psychopathology
- Dynamic psychopathology
- History of psychiatry
- Basic ethics and philosophy of
psychiatry
- Stigma and culture
Breakdown of Paper 1
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History and
Mental State
|
12
|
|
Descriptive
Psychopathology
|
24
|
|
Cognitive
Assessment
|
10
|
|
Neurological Examination
|
10
|
|
Assessment
|
16
|
|
Description
and Measurement
|
6
|
|
Diagnosis
|
12
|
|
Classification
|
8
|
|
Aetiology
|
12
|
|
Prevention
of Psychological Disorder
|
6
|
|
Basic
Psychopharmacology
|
14
|
|
Human
Psychological Development
|
8
|
|
Social
Psychology
|
4
|
|
Basic
Psychological Processes
|
14
|
|
Dynamic
Psychopathology
|
12
|
|
Basic
Psychological Treatments
|
8
|
|
History of
Psychiatry
|
8
|
|
Basic
Ethics and Philosophy of Psychiatry
|
8
|
|
Stigma and
Culture
|
8
|
This breakdown is intended as a general guide to the content of
Paper 1 and is subject to change.