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Psychiatric Technicians

Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · Job Skills & Competencies · SOC 29-2053 · 4 skills

Occupation context

These O*NET tasks describe the occupation. They provide context for this SOC mapping, but do not mean every listed Skill performs every task.

  • Provide nursing, psychiatric, or personal care to patients with cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities.
  • 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.

O*NET task statements are shown in their source language (English). Task data excerpted from the O*NET® 29.1 Database (USDOL/ETA) and used under CC BY 4.0.

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A bounded sample of popular skills mapped to this occupation, with at most one Skill from each GitHub repository. The complete mapped list follows.

managing-restraint-documentation
21
lev-oslev-os/agents
Documents restraint use with clinical justification, monitoring requirements, and regular reassessment. Use when documenting restraint use, monitoring restrained patients, or justifying restraint continuation.
psychiatric-technician
14
wonsukchoiwonsukchoi/domain-experts
Use when a task needs the judgment of a psychiatric technician on an inpatient or residential behavioral-health unit — running milieu rounds and observation levels, scoring escalation risk and choosing a de-escalation response, deciding when a restraint/seclusion episode is and isn't justified, or distinguishing a medication side effect (akathisia, NMS) from psychiatric agitation. US practice default. A reasoning aid, not medical advice.
mental-health
3
huiferhuifer/wellally-health-skills
Mental health tracking - psychological assessments (PHQ-9, GAD-7), mood diary, therapy progress, and crisis management planning
crisis-detection-safety
0
Ahmet-Talha-KavakliAhmet-Talha-Kavakli/Lyra-DB
Real-time detection of suicidal ideation, self-harm signals, dangerous objects in camera frame, and third-party threats. Enforces mandatory safety escalation protocols and legal compliance.

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