# Mental Health Assistant

Occupation

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/mental-health-assistant

A mental health assistant supports psychiatric and behavioral health teams by monitoring patients, assisting with daily activities, and helping maintain a safe therapeutic environment in hospitals, group homes, or outpatient facilities. Like their technician counterparts, they rely on de-escalation techniques and crisis intervention skills to manage volatile situations and use electronic health records (EHR) to log patient behavior and progress for nurses and psychiatrists. The position typically requires CPR/First Aid certification and serves as an entry point into behavioral health careers.

Top skills: [Crisis Intervention](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/crisis-intervention), [De-escalation Techniques](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/de-escalation-techniques)

## Career ladder

- Often comes from: often an entry point.
- Often leads to: [Mental Health Practitioner](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/mental-health-practitioner), [Mental Health Technician](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/mental-health-technician), [Psychiatric Technician](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/psychiatric-technician)

## Similar roles

[Caregiver](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/caregiver), [Home Health Aide](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/home-health-aide), [Mental Health Technician](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/mental-health-technician), [Personal Care Aide](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/personal-care-aide), [Psychiatric Technician](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/psychiatric-technician), [Registered Behavior Technician](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/registered-behavior-technician)

## People with this title (0)

No one holds this exact title here yet.