Continuing Education for Psychologists

MANAGING SUICIDAL RISK
A Collaborative Approach, 2nd Ed.

The Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality approach has garnered a strong evidence base and has been implemented by therapists from a range of orientations in diverse clinical settings. This extensively revised manual provides a well-researched therapeutic framework for evaluating suicidal risk and developing and implementing a suicide-specific treatment plan that is respectful, empathic, and empowering.

David A. Jobes is a Professor of Psychology and Associate Director of Clinical Training at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, and the Director of the CUA Suicide Prevention Lab. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. He is ABPP in Clinical Psychology and has maintained a practice for over 30 years.

"...provides a thorough introduction to the use of the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicide (CAMS) protocol. Experienced clinicians might easily incorporate the SSF-4 and associated CAMS materials into their practice with suicidal patients. Reproducible Suicide Status Forms and other CAMS materials are provided in the manual....A complete case example featuring one of Jobes's own former patients is interwoven throughout the manual....Provides a clear and flexible framework for the treatment of suicidal behavior in outpatient settings. Jobes offers an evidence-based treatment framework which was seemingly co-authored with his many patient-survivors of suicide over years of research and treatment. The manual provides important updates to the first edition which have resulted from rigorous evaluation of the CAMS model. With research support for CAMS growing, the second edition of Managing Suicidal Risk: A Collaborative Approach may become a relied-upon reference in the toolkit of clinicians and allied professionals who serve suicidal patients."
--Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy

"CAMS dramatically decreases suicidal ideation and overall symptom distress while increasing hope, patient satisfaction, and retention to clinical care....We suicidologists believe suicidal people must be meaningfully understood, appreciated, and given particular skills to find their way in life. This book is a major contribution in this singular pursuit."
--from the Foreword by Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP, Professor and Director Emeritus, Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics, University of Washington; developer of DBT

"There are few books that I recommend hands-down as 'must reads' for all behavioral health clinicians-this is one of them. In this second edition, Jobes has succeeded in summarizing a prolific 30-year clinical research career in suicidology into a can't-put-it-down, novel-like professional resource. The evidence-based CAMS approach in this book has saved lives and will continue to save the lives of patients at high risk for suicide."
--Alan L. Peterson, PhD, ABPP, Krus Endowed Chair in Psychiatry; Director, STRONG STAR Consortium; and Director, Consortium to Alleviate PTSD, University of Texas Health Care Science Center at San Antonio

"This book provides powerful, evidence-based tools for engaging patients and managing the situations that tend to unnerve clinicians the most. CAMS offers a way for clinician and patient to work as a team using the self-identified drivers of distress in the patient's language. The approach is refreshingly patient-centered and collaborative-the way most clinicians wish they could work. It allows the clinician to be courageous, honest, and to relinquish the illusion of control, while having a potentially life-saving impact. Crossing any lines of theoretical orientation, CAMS can be readily implemented 'in the trenches.' I hope this fantastic book becomes a cornerstone in every clinical training program in the mental health disciplines."
--Christine Moutier, MD, Chief Medical Officer, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

"Jobes is one of the leading forces in suicide prevention, whose ideas and thinking have led to untold advances. The influence of CAMS can be seen within all of today's most established approaches to reducing suicidal behavior. Flipping through the well-worn pages of my copy of the first edition of Managing Suicidal Risk, I didn't think it would be possible to improve upon it. But true to form, Jobes has knocked it out of the park. This second edition synthesizes our rapidly expanding knowledge of safe and effective care for suicidal patients. It is an essential tool for any clinician."
--Craig J. Bryan, PsyD, ABPP, Executive Director, National Center for Veterans Studies, University of Utah

"It is not uncommon for people who are considering suicide to interact with medical and/or mental health clinicians in the months leading up to an attempt. The CAMS framework provides a flexible and thorough structure for new and seasoned social workers to thoroughly assess and intervene with suicidal clients. By incorporating Managing Suicidal Risk, Second Edition, into our direct practice curriculum, it is my hope that all of our graduates will feel prepared to assess and treat suicidality."
--Jonathan Kratz, MSW, LCSW, Clinical Assistant Professor, Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work, University of Oklahoma

"CAMS is a prominent feature of the clinical landscape of therapeutics for suicidality. The second edition of this manual is an eagerly awaited update that reflects significant research advances, making it an essential addition to the modern clinician's toolbox. CAMS is effective, and, crucially, it is well liked by both patients and clinicians. This book offers an articulate and practical account of a leading therapy."
--Thomas Joiner, PhD, The Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Florida State University