2025 FREIDA™ data
In 2025, FREIDA™ users tallied more than 130,000 views of psychiatry residency programs. In this list, we pare the list of 331 psychiatry residencies down to the 10 psychiatry residency programs ranked at the top for user interest.
Rankings are based on identified medical student activity on FREIDA™, the AMA Residency & Fellowship Database®, from Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2025. FREIDA allows medical students to search for a residency or fellowship from more than 13,000 programs—all accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
Specialty description
Psychiatry is one of the oldest medical specialties, but it is also one of the most exciting frontiers of medicine. A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental illnesses and emotional problems. Because of extensive medical training, the psychiatrist understands the body’s functions and the complex relationship between emotional illness and other medical illness.
The psychiatrist is best qualified to distinguish between physical and psychological causes of both mental and physical distress, and serves as the medical expert for the mind/brain/body interface. Psychiatrists use a wide variety of treatments, including various forms of psychotherapy, medications and hospitalization, according to the needs of each patient.
The 10-most viewed psychiatry programs
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Program
BronxCare Health System Program
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/NYC Health and Hospitals (Elmhurst) Program
St Elizabeth's Medical Center Program
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Program
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Morningside/West Program
Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital Program
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Program
Yale-New Haven Medical Center Program
University of Miami/Jackson Health System Program
