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Psychiatrists
Diagnose, treat, and help prevent mental disorders.
- US jobs
- 27,980
- Median wage
- $281,870 a year
- Job family
- Healthcare
Can agents do the work of psychiatrists?
We read the evidence at the level of the job family, Healthcare:
- Task levelPartialOne benchmark, from early 2025. On Stanford's MedAgentBench, where agents do clinical tasks in a simulated electronic health record, the best recorded model completes 69.7% of tasks (Claude 3.5 Sonnet v2). It has no maintained leaderboard, so newer models are not measured. No benchmark in our collection tests work with patients.
- Project levelPartialOnly adjacent evidence. GDPval includes nurses among its 44 occupations. OpenAI reports that GPT-5.5's deliverables won or tied against professionals' work in 84.9% of comparisons across all occupations. No benchmark in our collection tests clinical work over days, such as managing a patient's care.
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in healthcare, not always this occupation's tasks.
- 1846 EloClaude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback) · 23 Sep 2026Unrated
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Prescribe, direct, or administer psychotherapeutic treatments or medications to treat mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders.
- Gather and maintain patient information and records, including social or medical history obtained from patients, relatives, or other professionals.
- Collaborate with physicians, psychologists, social workers, psychiatric nurses, or other professionals to discuss treatment plans and progress.
- Counsel outpatients or other patients during office visits.
- Analyze and evaluate patient data or test findings to diagnose nature or extent of mental disorder.
- Examine or conduct laboratory or diagnostic tests on patients to provide information on general physical condition or mental disorder.
- Design individualized care plans, using a variety of treatments.
- Advise or inform guardians, relatives, or significant others of patients' conditions or treatment.
- Teach, take continuing education classes, attend conferences or seminars, or conduct research and publish findings to increase understanding of mental, emotional, or behavioral states or disorders.
- Review and evaluate treatment procedures and outcomes of other psychiatrists or medical professionals.
- Prepare and submit case reports or summaries to government or mental health agencies.
- Serve on committees to promote or maintain community mental health services or delivery systems.
Other job titles for this occupation (26)
Adolescent Psychiatrist · Adult Psychiatrist · Attending Psychiatrist · Board Certified Psychiatrist · Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist · Child Psychiatrist · Consulting Psychiatrist · Forensic Psychiatrist · Medical Doctor (MD) · Physician · Addiction Psychiatrist · Adult Inpatient Psychiatrist · Adult Outpatient Psychiatrist · Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Physician · Clinical Psychiatrist · DO Physician (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Physician) · Doctor · General Adult Psychiatrist · General Psychiatrist · Geriatric Psychiatrist · Inpatient Psychiatrist · Mental Health Physician · Neuropsychiatrist · Pediatric Psychiatrist · Psychiatric Physician · Psychiatry Physician