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[[File:Dr John Tighe and team, St Mary's Hospital Stannington.png|thumb|A team of uniformed male attendants of the [[St Mary's Hospital, Stannington]]]] |
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| ⚫ | A '''psychiatric technician''' or '''mental health technician''', more commonly known as a '''mental warden''', and historically as a '''male attendant''', is a [[mental health]] professional, normally working under the direction of [[psychiatrist]]s and [[Psychiatric and mental health nursing|psychiatric nurses]]. They provide hands-on direct care to [[developmental disability|developmentally]] or [[Developmental disability|emotionally disabled]] people, as well as those diagnosed with a [[mental illness]]es such as [[psychosis]]; or a brain disease such as [[dementia]]. Also they secure patients' compliance with [[personal hygiene]] routine, their medicines consumption, daily meal, and other everyday trivial matters, which might deviate in mental cases and require external help and sometimes even limited use of force. They are employed in [[public hospital|public]] and [[private hospital]]s and [[long-term care]] facilities, and, in certain countries, also serve on the ambulance daily and nightwatches to provide assistance in case of handling potential mental patients, who [[disorderly conduct|conduct disorderly]] in public, when police interference is deemed inappropriate or unnecessary, or when detainees may not necessarily conduct themselves disorderly but still present obvious medical interest. |
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== Training == |
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| ⚫ | A '''psychiatric technician''' is a [[mental health]] professional, normally working under the direction of [[psychiatrist]]s and [[Psychiatric and mental health nursing|psychiatric nurses]]. They provide hands-on direct care to [[developmental disability|developmentally]] or [[Developmental disability|emotionally disabled]] people, as well as those diagnosed with a [[mental illness]]es such as [[psychosis]]; or a brain disease such as [[dementia]]. They are employed in [[public hospital|public]] and [[private hospital]]s and [[long-term care]] facilities |
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[[File:Bellevue Hospital, New York City; male patients (criminal in Wellcome L0031137.jpg|thumb|Ward for violent patients of [[Bellevue Hospital]], New York City]] |
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[[File:Male patients being washe by hospital orderlies. Wellcome L0015468.jpg|thumb|left|Orderlies provide personal hygiene for mental patients]] |
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Psychiatric technicians are trained in [[psychology|general]] and [[abnormal psychology]], and in [[pharmacology]] which helps the technician learn to understand and safely administer [[medication]]s. They assist in the implementation of various options, including [[psychoanalysis|psychoanalytic]], [[somatic psychology|somatic]], [[behavioral therapy|behavioral]], [[humanistic therapy|humanistic]] and/or [[psychopharmaceuticals|psychopharmaceutical]] treatments of mental illness. |
Psychiatric technicians are trained in [[psychology|general]] and [[abnormal psychology]], and in [[pharmacology]] which helps the technician learn to understand and safely administer [[medication]]s. They assist in the implementation of various options, including [[psychoanalysis|psychoanalytic]], [[somatic psychology|somatic]], [[behavioral therapy|behavioral]], [[humanistic therapy|humanistic]] and/or [[psychopharmaceuticals|psychopharmaceutical]] treatments of mental illness. |
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== Tasks == |
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[[File:Verhaftung Dresden2.jpg|thumb|A plainclothes psychiatric technician assisting the police in detaining [[Falun Gong]] practitioners in [[Dresden]]]] |
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Psychiatric Technicians are relied upon to report changes in patient mental or physical health, as well as problems, issues, and/or concerns with patient reactions to medications being used. They may be called upon to consult with and counsel clients regarding the therapies and treatment options (including medication, [[Behavior modification|behavioral interventions]], [[counseling]] and [[group therapy|group]] or individual [[therapy]]). Their job often includes recordkeeping for and monitoring of patients receiving medication; and they may be expected to keep up-to-date on safety issues with the medications used, changing practices regarding dosage requirements, and new medications being used in their field.<ref>[http://www.psychtechs.org/about.shtml What is a psychiatric technician?]</ref><ref>[http://www.jobprofiles.org/heapsytech.htm Psychiatric Technician job profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410034759/http://www.jobprofiles.org/heapsytech.htm |date=2010-04-10 }}</ref> |
Psychiatric Technicians are relied upon to report changes in patient mental or physical health, as well as problems, issues, and/or concerns with patient reactions to medications being used. They may be called upon to consult with and counsel clients regarding the therapies and treatment options (including medication, [[Behavior modification|behavioral interventions]], [[counseling]] and [[group therapy|group]] or individual [[therapy]]). Their job often includes recordkeeping for and monitoring of patients receiving medication; and they may be expected to keep up-to-date on safety issues with the medications used, changing practices regarding dosage requirements, and new medications being used in their field.<ref>[http://www.psychtechs.org/about.shtml What is a psychiatric technician?]</ref><ref>[http://www.jobprofiles.org/heapsytech.htm Psychiatric Technician job profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410034759/http://www.jobprofiles.org/heapsytech.htm |date=2010-04-10 }}</ref> |
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Revision as of 19:47, 21 October 2020
A psychiatric technician or mental health technician, more commonly known as a mental warden, and historically as a male attendant, is a mental health professional, normally working under the direction of psychiatrists and psychiatric nurses. They provide hands-on direct care to developmentally or emotionally disabled people, as well as those diagnosed with a mental illnesses such as psychosis; or a brain disease such as dementia. Also they secure patients' compliance with personal hygiene routine, their medicines consumption, daily meal, and other everyday trivial matters, which might deviate in mental cases and require external help and sometimes even limited use of force. They are employed in public and private hospitals and long-term care facilities, and, in certain countries, also serve on the ambulance daily and nightwatches to provide assistance in case of handling potential mental patients, who conduct disorderly in public, when police interference is deemed inappropriate or unnecessary, or when detainees may not necessarily conduct themselves disorderly but still present obvious medical interest.
Training
Psychiatric technicians are trained in general and abnormal psychology, and in pharmacology which helps the technician learn to understand and safely administer medications. They assist in the implementation of various options, including psychoanalytic, somatic, behavioral, humanistic and/or psychopharmaceutical treatments of mental illness.
Tasks
Psychiatric Technicians are relied upon to report changes in patient mental or physical health, as well as problems, issues, and/or concerns with patient reactions to medications being used. They may be called upon to consult with and counsel clients regarding the therapies and treatment options (including medication, behavioral interventions, counseling and group or individual therapy). Their job often includes recordkeeping for and monitoring of patients receiving medication; and they may be expected to keep up-to-date on safety issues with the medications used, changing practices regarding dosage requirements, and new medications being used in their field.[1][2]
Credentials
In the United States, some states license professional psychiatric technicians. These include Arkansas, California, Colorado, and Kansas.[3]
References
External links
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