What Paper B tests in Organisation
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:
- ECT, rTMS & Neuromodulation
- Mental Health Legislation
- Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Ethics in Psychiatry
- Service Models
- Needs Assessment & Service Planning
- Clinical Governance & Quality Improvement
- Medico-legal Issues
- Civil Rights & Family Law
- Psychiatric Rehabilitation
- Cultural Psychiatry & Service Delivery
- Models of Care
Worked example
This is a real question from the Organisation & Delivery of Psychiatric Services section, the kind you will see in Paper B:
The "recovery" approach in mental health services emphasises:
- Hope, personal agency, and living a meaningful life alongside or beyond symptoms
- Avoiding service-user involvement
- Complete absence of symptoms as the only goal
- Permanent hospitalisation
- Medication as the sole intervention
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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