Setting the highest certification standards for psychiatrists and neurologists since 1934

Facts and Statistics

ABPN By the Numbers

Initial Certification Statistics

Certificates issued through December 31, 2022

Specialty/Subspecialty Year Certification Began Certificates Issued in 2022 Total Certificates* Issued as of December 31, 2022
Psychiatry 1935 1,869 70,008
Neurology 1935 804 23,847
Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology 1968 136 3,412
Neuropsychiatry 1935 Last certificate awarded in 1959 824
Subspecialty of Addiction Psychiatry 1993 159 2,965
Subspecialty of Brain Injury Medicine** 2014 77 283
Subspecialty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1959 469 12,649
Subspecialty of Clinical Neurophysiology 1992 Exam offered in 2023 3,470
Subspecialty of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 2005 Exam offered in 2023 1,866
Subspecialty of Epilepsy 2013 276 2,321
Subspecialty of Forensic Psychiatry 1994 Exam offered in 2023 2,675
Subspecialty of Geriatric Psychiatry 1991 116 3,754
Subspecialty of Neurocritical Care** 2021 151 483
Subspecialty of Neurodevelopmental Disabilities**† 2001 Exam offered in 2023 362
Subspecialty of Neuromuscular Medicine** 2008 98 1,074
Subspecialty of Pain Medicine** 2000 12 430
Subspecialty of Sleep Medicine** 2007 Exam offered in 2023 1,701
Subspecialty of Vascular Neurology 2005 295 2,264

* Total includes lapsed certificates

** ABPN diplomates only

† In 2022, NDD certificates issued by the American Board of Pediatrics were transitioned to the ABPN for initial certification and continuing certification.

Continuing Certification/CC Statistics

CC Examinations administered through December 31, 2022

Specialty/Subspecialty Year Recertification Began Examination Pass Rate Total CC Examinations Passed as of December 31, 2022 Total CC Examinations Administered as of December 31, 2022
Psychiatry CC 2002 98% 17,695 17,999
Neurology CC 2002 97% 7,674 7,889
Child Neurology CC 2003 96% 962 1,003
Addiction Psychiatry CC 2002 93% 1,576 1,701
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry CC 2004 98% 3,268 3,324
Clinical Neurophysiology CC 2001 93% 1,729 1,863
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry CC 2014 89% 632 712
Forensic Psychiatry CC 2003 94% 1,506 1,604
Geriatric Psychiatry CC 2000 95% 2,428 2,550
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities CC* 2010 91% 40 44
Neuromuscular Medicine CC* 2008 95% 238 250
Pain Medicine CC* 2008 85% 151 178
Sleep Medicine CC* 2015 88% 693 786
Vascular Neurology CC 2014 89% 712 802

* ABPN diplomates only