Mental Health Careers
What is a Psychologist?
Work under the direction of physicians and provide total care to patients.
What is a Registered Nurse (RN)?
Help people who have physical, developmental, mental, or emotional disabilities.
What is an Occupational Therapist?
Physicians who specialize in diagnosing and treating illness.
What is a Psychiatrist?
Work under RN and provide patient care such as bathing, bed-making, and feeding.
What is a Nurse's Aide?
What is a Respiratory Therapist?
Case managers or counselors who aid persons who have difficulty coping with various problems and help them make adjustments.
What is a Social Worker?
Take health history and can perform basic physical examinations and order labs.
What is a Nurse Practitioner?
Prepares patients for surgery, set up instruments, equipment and sterilizes supplies in operating room.
What is a Surgical Technician?
Provide information about genetic diseases.
What is a genetic counselor?
Manage food service systems and assess patient's nutritional needs.
What is a Registered Dietitian?
Identify, evaluate, and treat patients with speech and language disorders.
What is a speech therapist?
Work under supervision of psychiatrists.
What is a mental health technician?
Doctors who examine eyes for vision problems and defects.
What is an Optometrist?
Operates kidney hemodialysis machines used to treat patients with limited or no kidney function.
What is a dialysis technician?