David Jobes, PhD, ABPP, is the founder of CAMS-care, LLC. He began his career in 1987 in the Counseling Center of the Catholic University of America, where he developed a suicide risk assessment tool for college students that evolved into CAMS. Dr. Jobes is now a Professor of Psychology and Associate Director of Clinical Training at Catholic; he has trained thousands of mental health professionals in the United States and abroad in evidence-based assessment and treatment of suicide risk and the use of CAMS.

Articles by David A. Jobes Ph.D. ABPP
- Black Youth Suicide: Investigation of Current Trends and Precipitating Circumstances
- Cultural Perspectives on Suicide: How Different Societies Approach Prevention
- Addressing Suicide in Indigenous Populations
- Suicide Prevention: Why Are Therapists Rarely Trained in Suicide Prevention & Treatment?
- Zero Suicide – Outcomes and Opportunities
- Improving Outpatient Suicide Treatment, a Better Alternative to EDs and Hospitals
- Using Advances in Technology to Advance the Understanding, Prediction, and Prevention of Suicide
- Stigma, Shame, and Suicide Webinar
- Innovations in Clinical Suicide Prevention: 2023 CAMS Update and the 3rd Edition of “Managing Suicidal Risk”
- Big Ideas for Advancing Suicide Prevention
- Empirical, Clinical, and Conceptual Evidence Converges to Indicate Good Support for the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide
- Essential DBT Skills for Individuals Who are Suicidal and the People that Care for Them
- Attachment-Based Family Therapy: a family safety net approach to suicide treatment
- 10 Tips for Using CAMS with Adherence
- 10 Tips for Clinical Management of Suicide Risk
- The Stepped Care Model in Clinical Suicide Prevention
- Office Hours with Dr. Jobes
- CAMS-4Teens®: The Complexities of Working with Parents
- What Future? How People Who Are Suicidal Look Beyond the Present Moment
- Cultivating Perspectives | Managing Suicidal Risk, 3rd Edition
- Podcast: To Hospitalize or Not to Hospitalize, the Question Most Therapists Struggle with in Helping Clients with Suicidality
- New Perspectives on Suicide Risk Among Military Personnel and Veterans
- Telehealth: A Critical Tool for Treating Suicidal Risk On-Demand
- Suicide Risk: Effective Clinical Assessment, Management, & Treatment
- When It is Darkest: Why People Die by Suicide On-Demand
- CAMS Meta-Analysis: Intervention for Suicidal Ideation
- Lethal Means Safety and CAMS
- 404 ERROR: Mistakes We Need to Stop Making in Suicidology On-Demand
- The NEED for Competence and Confidence
- On-Demand: Providing Effective, Risk Managed Treatment for Potentially Suicidal Patients in Outpatient Private Practice
- Hope
- Considering Suicidal Ideation—Again!
- Adolescent Suicide Prevention On-Demand
- First Touch: Administrative Policy vs. Caring Concern, Empathy, Validation, and Truth
- Jaspr: Using Avatars in Emergency Departments with Suicidal Patients Brings New Hope
- Fear of Suicidal Patients and Taking the Risk to Care
- Suicide and Communities of Color: On-Demand
- Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and the CAMS Framework® of Evidence-Based Suicide Prevention
- Malpractice Liability Related to Suicidal Risk: How to Decrease the Risk
- Treating Suicidal Risk Using Telepsychology: On Demand
- One Size Does Not Fit All – Part 3: Effective Suicidal Assessment and Treatment
- One Size Does Not Fit All – Part 2: Key Developments in Suicide Prevention
- One Size Does Not Fit All – Part 1: A Comprehensive Approach to Suicide Prevention
- Suicide Malpractice Statistics | The Risk of Suicide Malpractice Lawsuits
- How to Treat a Suicidal Patient: The 4 Cornerstones of Care