Mental Health Aide
(MHDDT)

Mental Health Aides help care for physically or mentally ill, injured, disabled, or infirm individuals confined to hospitals, nursing care facilities, and mental health settings. Home health aides have duties that are similar, but they work in patients’ homes or residential care facilities.

Mental Health Aides are also known as Psychiatric aides or Psychiatric Nursing Assistants. They care for mentally impaired or emotionally disturbed individuals. They work under a team that may include psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, social workers, and therapists. In addition to helping patients to dress, bathe, groom themselves, and eat, psychiatric aides socialize with them and lead them in educational and recreational activities. Psychiatric aides may play games such as cards with the patients, watch television with them, or participate in group activities, such as sports or field trips. They observe patients and report any physical or behavioral signs that might be important for the professional staff to know. They accompany patients to and from examinations and treatment. Because they have such close contact with patients, psychiatric aides can have a great deal of influence on their patients’ outlook and treatment.

Pay scale - Mental Health Aides in rural areas earn an average of $25,000 per year, and MHAs in urban areas can expect around $29,000 a year.

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Hours: 60

Prerequisite: None

BlackBoard Fee: $17.50

Price:  $292.50*
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