MRCPsych — Paper A & Paper B Question Bank

Original, evidence-based Single Best Answer and Extended Matching Questions covering both MRCPsych written papers, mapped to the current RCPsych curriculum.

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What's in the bank

The MRCPsych question bank is built specifically to prepare candidates for both Paper A (the scientific and theoretical basis of psychiatry) and Paper B (critical review of research methods alongside clinical topics). Every question is original, written to the current RCPsych curriculum, and includes an evidence-cited explanation referencing NICE guidance, DSM-5-TR, ICD-11, the Mental Health Act 1983, the Mental Capacity Act 2005, or standard psychiatric texts.

Paper A spans psychopharmacology, psychopathology and phenomenology, neuroanatomy and neurosciences, statistics and research methodology, psychological treatments, human development, genetics, social and cultural psychiatry, classification, and history and philosophy of psychiatry. Paper B covers general adult, old age, and child and adolescent psychiatry, substance misuse and addictions, forensic psychiatry, psychotherapy, the organisation and delivery of psychiatric services, and psychiatry of learning disability, alongside critical review of research methods — matching the question styles you'll actually face on the day.

1,120SBA & EMQ items
2written papers covered
1free question every day

The two papers

Every MRCPsych plan includes both papers — jump into whichever one you're revising for.

Paper A

MRCPsych Paper A

The scientific and theoretical basis of psychiatry — psychopharmacology, psychopathology, neuroanatomy, statistics, psychological treatments, human development, genetics, and more.

Paper B

MRCPsych Paper B

Critical review of research methods alongside clinical topics — general adult, old age, child and adolescent, forensic, addiction, and learning disability psychiatry.