Egyptian Board Psychiatry study guide
Egyptian Board Psychiatry · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Egyptian Board in Psychiatry is a postgraduate qualification intended for psychiatrists who have completed their core training in Egypt and want a credential that confirms consultant-level competence in diagnosis, treatment planning and independent clinical judgement. Candidates are typically residents nearing the end of their training or specialists preparing for senior posts in Ministry of Health, university or private-sector settings. The Egyptian Board Psychiatry study guide has 12 sections and about 5,339 words.
01Psychopathology and Psychiatric Assessment
This domain tests whether you can describe abnormal mental events precisely, recognise syndromes from those descriptions, and defend a formulation. Egyptian board examiners reward correct phenomenological terminology and an explicit risk formulation; vague labels such as psychotic or confused without descriptive support lose marks.
490 words, about 2 min02Psychopharmacology and Biological Treatments
This domain tests applied psychopharmacology: mechanism, dose, monitoring, interactions, and the management of adverse effects. Questions usually present a patient on treatment who develops a problem; the mark goes to the drug that caused it, the monitoring that should have caught it, and the correct next step.
437 words, about 2 min03Psychotherapy and Psychosocial Interventions
This domain tests whether you can match a model to a disorder, describe its mechanism and structure, and justify the choice. Examiners ask what you would do first, what the evidence base is, and how the therapy is delivered in a resource-limited service.
406 words, about 2 min04Mood Disorders
This domain tests the diagnosis, classification and staged treatment of unipolar and bipolar mood disorder, including the recognition of bipolarity hidden inside a depressive presentation. Major depressive disorder requires five of nine symptoms for at least two weeks, with at least one being depressed mood or anhedonia, plus impairment.
398 words, about 2 min05Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
This domain tests accurate syndromal diagnosis across the psychosis spectrum, the distinction between primary and secondary psychosis, and evidence-based treatment including clozapine. Schizophrenia requires two or more core symptoms (delusions, hallucinations, disorganised speech, grossly disorganised or catatonic behaviour, negative symptoms) present for a significant portion of at least six months, with functional decline and exclusion of mood disorder, substance and medical causes.
415 words, about 2 min06Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive and Trauma-Related Disorders
This domain tests separation of the anxiety disorders, recognition of OCD whatever its content, and correct trauma-related diagnosis including the ICD-11 distinction between PTSD and complex PTSD. Panic disorder : recurrent unexpected panic attacks plus at least one month of anticipatory anxiety or avoidance.
412 words, about 2 min07Substance Use Disorders
This domain tests recognition of dependence, safe management of withdrawal, and understanding of substitution and harm-reduction approaches. Egyptian practice frequently encounters tramadol, cannabis, alcohol and prescription benzodiazepine misuse, so assessment should always include a detailed substance history and urine screening.
380 words, about 2 min08Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
This domain tests developmental reasoning: symptoms must be judged against age, developmental stage and context, and information must come from more than one setting. Examiners reward evidence of collateral history from parents and teachers, and caution about medicating young people.
418 words, about 2 min09Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry
This domain tests the distinction between delirium, dementia and depression in older people, recognition of dementia subtypes, and safe prescribing. The single most examined point is that acute confusion in an older person is delirium until proven otherwise.
384 words, about 2 min10Consultation-Liaison and Emergency Psychiatry
This domain tests rapid risk assessment, safe management of agitation, and recognition of psychiatric presentations of physical illness. The examination favours questions where the wrong answer treats the behaviour and the right answer finds the cause.
370 words, about 2 min11Forensic, Ethical and Legal Aspects of Psychiatry
This domain tests the legal framework of involuntary care, consent and capacity, confidentiality, and criminal responsibility. In Egypt the governing statute is Law No.
431 words, about 2 min12Community Psychiatry
This domain tests how services are organised outside hospital: sectorisation, multidisciplinary team working, rehabilitation, recovery and stigma reduction. Questions typically probe the shift from institutional to community care and the evidence for specific community models.
798 words, about 4 min