Psychiatric Aides
Official O*NET title: Psychiatric Aides (31-1133.00)
Also called: developmental aide, mental health aide, mental health worker, psychiatric aide, psychiatric assistant
Do you do this at work?
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Do you do this at work?
Listen and provide emotional support and encouragement to psychiatric patients
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How AI is changing psychiatric aides work
2 of 13 measurable main tasks for this job show up in real AI-use data, so we rate it Green (little AI use yet) — 15%. 2 newer tasks are not in the data yet and left out.
This shows where people already use AI, not whether the job will disappear. How we measure this.
Tasks in this job and recorded AI use
- Listen and provide emotional support and encouragement to psychiatric patients (main task) — some recorded AI use
- Complete administrative tasks (main task) — some recorded AI use
- Provide patients with cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities with routine physical, emotional, psychological, or rehabilitation care under the direction of nursing or medical staff (main task) — too new for the AI data
- Complete physical checks and monitor patients to detect unusual or harmful behavior and report observations to professional staff (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Restrain or aid patients as necessary to prevent injury (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Work as part of a team that may include psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, or social workers (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Record and maintain patient information (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Maintain patients' restrictions to assigned areas (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Organize, supervise, or encourage patient participation in social, educational, or recreational activities (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Provide patients with assistance in bathing, dressing, or grooming, demonstrating these skills as necessary (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Aid patients in becoming accustomed to hospital routines (main task) — too new for the AI data
- Serve meals or feed patients needing assistance or persuasion (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Clean and disinfect rooms and furnishings to maintain a safe and orderly environment (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Accompany patients to and from wards for medical or dental treatments, shopping trips, or religious or recreational events (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Participate in recreational activities with patients (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Perform nursing duties — no recorded AI use
- Interview patients upon admission and record information — no recorded AI use
Tasks: O*NET 31.0. AI use: Anthropic Economic Index (exact or close text match).
Your first steps (guidance)
- Week 1: Open a free AI assistant and say hello. Follow our “Getting started with AI” guide. Ask it one simple question about your work.
- Week 2: Use AI on one task you do often. Try the prompt for: “Listen and provide emotional support and encouragement to psychiatric patients”. Try the prompt for: “Complete administrative tasks”.
Tick your own tasks above to get a plan based on what you really do. The first 2 weeks are free; Premium (coming soon) adds weeks 3–12. New to AI? Read our beginner’s guide.
Questions about AI and psychiatric aides
Will AI replace psychiatric aides?
Our data can’t predict job losses, and we don’t try to. What it does show: 2 of the 15 main tasks for this job match tasks people already use AI for (Anthropic Economic Index), giving a Green rating (little AI use yet). Using AI on a task is not the same as AI doing the whole job, and 13 of the 17 listed tasks show no recorded AI use yet.
Which psychiatric aide tasks is AI used for most?
In the data, the most AI use among this job’s tasks is for: listen and provide emotional support and encouragement to psychiatric patients; complete administrative tasks.
Which psychiatric aide tasks show little or no AI use?
For example: complete physical checks and monitor patients to detect unusual or harmful behavior and report observations to professional staff; restrain or aid patients as necessary to prevent injury; work as part of a team that may include psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, or social workers. These are good places to keep building your own skills.
How does this job compare to others?
In Microsoft Research’s “Working with AI” study, this job’s AI applicability score is equal to or higher than 19% of the occupations they scored. That measures overlap with AI chat use, not risk of job loss.
How can a psychiatric aide start learning AI?
Start small: open a free AI assistant, try it on one task you do often, and always check facts and numbers yourself. The plan on this page is guidance, not professional advice.
See how this job ranks
Psychiatric Aides ranks #404 of 572 jobs for the share of main tasks with AI use (#1 = most), and #50 of 80 in Healthcare.
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