What Paper B tests in Child
Paper B is a written paper of about 150 questions (single-best-answer MCQs and extended matching items) sat over three hours, blueprinted against the RCPsych syllabus. Questions from this domain typically cover:
- ADHD
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Conduct Disorder
- Attachment Disorders
- Separation Anxiety
- Selective Mutism
- Depression in Children
- OCD in Children
- Eating Disorders in Young People
- Tic Disorders
- Enuresis
- Encopresis
Worked example
This is a real question from the Child & Adolescent Psychiatry section, the kind you will see in Paper B:
Which condition most commonly co-occurs with ADHD in children?
- Anorexia nervosa
- Dementia
- Schizophrenia
- Oppositional defiant disorder/conduct problems
- Bipolar I disorder
How to revise this section for Paper B
Work in short, active blocks: attempt questions first, read the explanation whether right or wrong, and log the subtopics you miss. Our weakness tracker flags any subtopic where you score below 60% so you can target revision rather than re-reading everything. Anchor your reading to the recommended text (New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry) so your facts match the exam blueprint.
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