Counsel outpatients or other patients during office visits.

“Counsel outpatients or other patients during office visits.” is a core task performed by Psychiatrists. Among the occupation's 12 rated tasks, workers place it 6th by importance (#7 most important). About 86% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Advise patients or clients on medical issues. in Providing Consultation and Advice to Others

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Prescribe, direct, or administer psychotherapeutic treatments or medications to treat mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders. · importance 4.8
• Gather and maintain patient information and records, including social or medical history obtained from patients, relatives, or other professionals. · importance 4.5
• Design individualized care plans, using a variety of treatments. · importance 4.5
• Collaborate with physicians, psychologists, social workers, psychiatric nurses, or other professionals to discuss treatment plans and progress. · importance 4.5
• Analyze and evaluate patient data or test findings to diagnose nature or extent of mental disorder. · importance 4.4
• Examine or conduct laboratory or diagnostic tests on patients to provide information on general physical condition or mental disorder. · importance 4.4
• Advise or inform guardians, relatives, or significant others of patients' conditions or treatment. · importance 4.0
• 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. · importance 3.8
• Review and evaluate treatment procedures and outcomes of other psychiatrists or medical professionals. · importance 3.7
• Prepare and submit case reports or summaries to government or mental health agencies. · importance 3.1
• Serve on committees to promote or maintain community mental health services or delivery systems. · importance 3.0

See all tasks on the Psychiatrists page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Counsel outpatients or other patients during office visits.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-1831}
}