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How exposed to AI is a Psychiatric Technician?

Of the 16 tasks O*NET lists for psychiatric technicians, 3 could be done in half the time with a chat window today. 8 cannot be sped up at all. Here is which.

Exposure means published research judged an AI could halve the time a task takes, at the same quality. It does not mean the task stops needing a person. How to read this

Also called
BHT (Behavioral Health Technician)Health Care Technician (Health Care Tech)LPT (Licensed Psychiatric Technician)Mental Health AssociateMental Health SpecialistMental Health Technician (MHT)MHA (Mental Health Assistant)MHW (Mental Health Worker)Psychiatric Technician (PT)Residential Aide (RA)
Reachable today Needs software built first Cannot be sped up
16
tasks rated for this occupation
32%
hold a degree, from a survey of 26
93k
people do this job in the US
38 of 89
least protected in healthcare practitioners

Every task, and what AI can do with it

These are O*NET's task statements for this occupation, exactly as written, sorted into the three bands by the ratings behind this report. Nothing has been reworded.

Reachable with a chat window today

3
  • Develop or teach strategies to promote client wellness and independence
  • Lead prescribed individual or group therapy sessions as part of specific therapeutic procedures
  • Contact patients' relatives to arrange family conferences

Only with software built on top

5
  • Take and record measures of patients' physical condition, using devices such as thermometers or blood pressure gauges
  • Monitor patients' physical and emotional well-being and report unusual behavior or physical ailments to medical staff
  • Provide nursing, psychiatric, or personal care to mentally ill, emotionally disturbed, or mentally retarded patients
  • Collaborate with or assist doctors, psychologists, or rehabilitation therapists in working with mentally ill, emotionally disturbed, or developmentally disabled patients to treat, rehabilitate, and return patients to the community
  • Issue medications from dispensary and maintain records in accordance with specified procedures

Cannot be sped up

8
  • Observe and influence patients' behavior, communicating and interacting with them and teaching, counseling, or befriending them
  • Encourage patients to develop work skills and to participate in social, recreational, or other therapeutic activities that enhance interpersonal skills or develop social relationships
  • Restrain violent, potentially violent, or suicidal patients by verbal or physical means as required
  • Train or instruct new employees on procedures to follow with psychiatric patients
  • Administer oral medications or hypodermic injections, following physician's prescriptions and hospital procedures
  • Aid patients in performing tasks, such as bathing or keeping beds, clothing, or living areas clean
  • Interview new patients to complete admission forms, to assess their mental health status, or to obtain their mental health and treatment history
  • Escort patients to medical appointments
What this does not say

This is not a prediction about your job

Nobody surveyed an employer. Tasks are counted equally, so a percentage here is a share of the list rather than a share of your week. And the ratings were made in 2023, which makes every figure a floor rather than a ceiling.

It must never be used to select anyone for redundancy. The full limits are here.

Where to go next

This is the standard task list for the title. The useful next question is which of the tasks you actually do should go near AI, and which should not.

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Exposure ratings from Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs, Science 384, 1306–1308, 2024, used under the MIT licence. This page includes information from the O*NET Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. People Team AI has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Employment figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.