PANCE Blueprint Psychiatry (7%)

• Child abuse
• Domestic violence
• Elder abuse
• Sexual abuse

Anxiety disorders

• Generalized anxiety disorder
• Panic disorder
• Phobias

Bipolar and related disorders

Depressive disorders

• Major depressive disorder
• Persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia)
• Premenstrual dysphoric disorder
• Suicidal/homicidal behaviors

Disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders

• Conduct disorder

Dissociative disorders

Feeding and eating disorders

Human sexuality

Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders

Neurodevelopmental disorders

• Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
• Autism spectrum disorder

Personality disorders

Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders

Sleep-wake disorders

• Narcolepsy
• Parasomnias

Somatic symptom and related disorders

Substance-related and addictive disorders

Trauma- and stressor-related disorders

• Adjustment disorders
• Post-traumatic stress disorder

Psychiatry and Behavioral Science Flashcards

Psychiatry and Behavioral Science Lecture

Here is a summary of the new additions/updates to the 2024 PANCE Psychiatry/Behavioral Science Blueprint that took effect in January 2025.

• Abuse and neglect have been updated with new topics of intimate partner violence, physical abuse, and psychological abuse. Domestic abuse is now classified as intimate partner violence.
• The subtopics of narcolepsy and parasomnias have been removed from the category of sleep-wake disorders.
• Human sexuality now includes gender dysphoria.
• Conduct disorder has been removed as a distinct subtopic of Disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders.
• New topic of Psychogenic nonepileptic seizure.
• Bereavement (a topic included in the PANRE) has now been added to the PANCE Blueprint.