195501
Psychiatric Aides
POSITION STATEMENT
Approved by the Council, November 1955
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Statement from the Council.
The American Psychiatric Association considers that the training and development of psychiatric aides as technical specialists within the nursing services of mental hospitals is most auspicious for the advancement of treatment and care of the mentally ill, but considers that the formulation of legislation to govern the qualifications, training standards, and practices of psychiatric aides should be deferred until this area within the general field of nursing has been more fully defined.