How likely is AI to replace Psychiatric Aides?

Published research puts Psychiatric Aides at 12 out of 100 for AI displacement risk, in the lower risk band. The number is a weighted consensus of 5 research sources and describes the typical version of the role, not any individual.

Do researchers agree on the risk for Psychiatric Aides?

Broadly, yes. Individual estimates for Psychiatric Aides run from 7 to 22 out of 100 across the 5 sources behind this score, a fairly tight range. More recent and higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.

Which healthcare roles face similar AI exposure?

The closest published healthcare roles to Psychiatric Aides by score are Dental Hygienists (12/100), Emergency Medical Technicians (12/100), and Endoscopy Technicians (12/100). Each has its own page with the research behind its number.

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Will AI replace Psychiatric Aides?

Lower risk

Baseline AI displacement risk for Psychiatric Aides, aggregated from 5 research sources.

What this score means

Psychiatric Aides is among the least exposed roles in Healthcare. Most of what the job involves still sits outside what current AI can do, even as the tools around it keep changing. At 12 out of 100 it scores 10 points below the Healthcare average of 22. Across the 5 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 7 to 22, so the score is a weighted consensus rather than any single figure.

The number is a consensus estimate for the typical version of the role, built from published academic and industry research scored occupation by occupation. It is not a prediction about any individual. How scoring works

What this job actually involves

Exposure follows the work itself rather than the job title, so it is worth seeing what the role is made of. These are the tasks O*NET records for Psychiatric Aides, most central first, showing 12 of 17.

01Listen and provide emotional support and encouragement to psychiatric patients.
02Provide patients with cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities with routine physical, emotional, psychological, or rehabilitation care under the direction of nursing or medical staff.
03Complete physical checks and monitor patients to detect unusual or harmful behavior and report observations to professional staff.
04Restrain or aid patients as necessary to prevent injury.
05Work as part of a team that may include psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, or social workers.
06Record and maintain patient information, such as vital signs, eating habits, behavior, progress notes, treatments, or discharge plans.
07Maintain patients' restrictions to assigned areas.
08Organize, supervise, or encourage patient participation in social, educational, or recreational activities.
09Provide patients with assistance in bathing, dressing, or grooming, demonstrating these skills as necessary.
10Aid patients in becoming accustomed to hospital routines.
11Serve meals or feed patients needing assistance or persuasion.
12Clean and disinfect rooms and furnishings to maintain a safe and orderly environment.

Task statements from O*NET by the National Center for O*NET Development, used under CC BY 4.0. The tasks are descriptive; the exposure score above is ours.

The research behind this score

This baseline aggregates 5 research sources that scored Psychiatric Aides for AI and automation exposure. More recent, higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.

01Anthropic Economic Index 2026 - AI Task Exposure · 2026Anthropic
02Global Automation Atlas: Task Substitution Exposure by Occupation · 2026Garg, Crosta, Baier (2026), arXiv:2605.17086
03Working with AI: Measuring the Applicability of Generative AI to Occupations · 2025Tomlinson, Jaffe et al., Microsoft Research (2025)
04GPTs are GPTs: Labor Market Impact Potential of LLMs · 2024Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin, Rock (Science, 2024)
05AI Occupational Exposure to Language Modeling · 2023Felten, Raj, Seamans (2023)

Common questions

How likely is AI to replace Psychiatric Aides?: Published research puts Psychiatric Aides at 12 out of 100 for AI displacement risk, in the lower risk band. The number is a weighted consensus of 5 research sources and describes the typical version of the role, not any individual.
Do researchers agree on the risk for Psychiatric Aides?: Broadly, yes. Individual estimates for Psychiatric Aides run from 7 to 22 out of 100 across the 5 sources behind this score, a fairly tight range. More recent and higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.
Which healthcare roles face similar AI exposure?: The closest published healthcare roles to Psychiatric Aides by score are Dental Hygienists (12/100), Emergency Medical Technicians (12/100), and Endoscopy Technicians (12/100). Each has its own page with the research behind its number.

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