Can a medical assistant work in a psychiatric office?
Asked by summer_girl_forever
I've read up on medical assistants & found that they work in hospitals & other physicians offices. So once you become a medical assistant, are you qualified to work in a pyschiatric office? I've read up on medical assistants & found that they work in hospitals & other physicians offices. So once you become a medical assistant, are you qualified to work in a pyschiatric office? Or do you need to train in psychiatric aide or get a psychology degree? Or do you need to train in psychiatric aide or get a psychology degree?

Best Answer:
As a MA in a psych office you would not be seeing patients, so you would not need a psych degree; and a psych aid usually works in patient. However, unless there is more medical type care going on, a psych office may not need a MA, especially doing "back office"--so you might want to think this through a bit more if you want psych and MA.
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Answered by Diane A

Of course you can. Once being a medical assitant you can work in any clinical or hospital setting youd like. Which is the nice thing about being a medical assitant. However, it all depends if the psychiatric office is not requiring previous experience in the same setting.
Answered by yesiabc08