American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

About This Association

The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. (ABPN) is a nonprofit corporation that was founded in 1934 following conferences of committees appointed by the American Psychiatric Association, the American Neurological Association, and the then Section on Nervous and Mental Diseases of the American Medical Association. This action was taken as a method of identifying the qualified specialists in psychiatry and neurology. View the ABPN Who We Are bubble chart to learn how the Board is affiliated with other educational, medical and professional organizations. Learn more about how the ABPN defines board-certified psychiatrists, neurologists and child neurologists. The ABPN is one of 24 member boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS). Since 1935, when its first examination was delivered, the ABPN has been serving the public interest and promoting excellence in the practices of psychiatry and neurology through its certification and maintenance of certification processes. These processes are designed to identify qualified specialists through rigorous credential and training requirements and successful completion of board examinations for psychiatry, neurology, or neurology with special qualification in child neurology. ABPN committees are dedicated to developing exams that assess the current scientific knowledge and clinical expertise of physicians in order for them to achieve and maintain Board certification.

Publications

Conventions

Annual

Specialties:

1. Medicine - Psychiatry

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