10 Tips for Using CAMS with Adherence

1. Dive Right into CAMS

 

2. Interact During Suicide Status Form Core Assessment

 

3. First Session—Focus on Reasons for Dying (Instead of Reasons for Living)

 

4. First Session—Move on Through Section B

 

5. First Session—CAMS Treatment Planning Always Begins with the CAMS Stabilization Plan

 

6. Have the Patient Identify Their Own Drivers for Suicide

 

7. Interim Sessions—CAMS Treatment Focuses on Crafting the Stabilization Plan and the Patient’s Suicidal Drivers

8. Interim Sessions—Treatment Plan Updating

 

9. You Can Delay Resolving CAMS if Needed

 

10. Emphasize the Goal of Managing Suicidal Thoughts and Feelings to Achieve Behavioral Stability