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Psychiatrists
Diagnose, treat, and help prevent mental disorders.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Prescribe, direct, or administer psychotherapeutic treatments or medications to treat mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 02Gather and maintain patient information and records, including social or medical history obtained from patients, relatives, or other professionals.People already use AI for this at work
- 03Collaborate with physicians, psychologists, social workers, psychiatric nurses, or other professionals to discuss treatment plans and progress.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 04Counsel outpatients or other patients during office visits.Mostly human for now
- 05Analyze and evaluate patient data or test findings to diagnose nature or extent of mental disorder.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Examine or conduct laboratory or diagnostic tests on patients to provide information on general physical condition or mental disorder.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 07Design individualized care plans, using a variety of treatments.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 08Advise or inform guardians, relatives, or significant others of patients' conditions or treatment.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 09Teach, 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.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 10Review and evaluate treatment procedures and outcomes of other psychiatrists or medical professionals.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job lossToo little dataNot enough work use was seen to measure. This does not mean the job is safe from AI.Anthropic, 2026
48%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 57% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Counsel outpatients or other patients during office visits.