Empower Your Team to Assess and Treat Suicide Risk
Training in an evidence-based framework your clinicians can use with their very first patient. Patients deserve real assessment and treatment — your team deserves the tools and training to deliver it.
No cost, no obligation.
7
published randomized control trials
Tested the same way new medicines are tested — plus 14 further studies and two independent research reviews.
6–8
sessions to resolve suicidal thoughts
Not a new program to run alongside your care — a treatment that works inside it, and resolves suicidal ideation.
60,000+
clinicians trained worldwide
In hospitals, school districts, state agencies, tribal health systems and the VA.
Evidence, not awareness training.
Proven in research
Seven published randomized control trials — the same kind of study used to test new medicines — plus 14 further studies and two independent research reviews. Referenced by Zero Suicide and The Joint Commission.
Documented, and defensible
Comprehensive suicide-specific documentation that stands up in litigation, is already available in many EHRs, and can be built into most electronic health records.
Confidence across your whole team
A shared framework for suicide risk means every clinician knows what to do, and knows they’re doing it right.
Fits the system you already have
CAMS supports all seven elements of Zero Suicide — the systemwide safety framework many health systems already use — and works inside your existing model of care. No overhaul required.
What Changes When Your Team Is CAMS Trained®
Your clinicians know what to do after the screen.
Screening tells you someone is at risk. CAMS gives your team what comes next — an assessment they complete with the patient, a stabilization plan, and treatment aimed at what is actually driving that person’s suicidal thinking.
Suicidal thoughts resolve faster.
Across repeated trials, in as few as 6–8 sessions — with less distress, more hope, and patients who stay in treatment.
Your staff feel confident instead of afraid.
Working with suicidal patients is where clinicians feel least prepared and most exposed. A shared framework builds real competence — and morale follows.
It adapts to your setting.
Emergency, inpatient and outpatient, behavioral health systems, school districts, universities, correctional facilities, tribal health systems, and more. The framework is the same; the delivery is built around your team.
Risk is documented consistently, across every clinician.
One shared form standardizes what suicide-specific care looks like in the chart. “Good documentation stops a lawyer in his tracks.” — Skip Simpson, suicide malpractice litigation attorney
What Your Clinicians Will Be Able to Do
CAMS gives clinicians a structured way to work with a suicidal patient — and research shows they use it correctly with their very first patient.
- Assess suicide risk side by side with the patient
- Identify what is actually making that person suicidal
- Build stabilization and treatment plans that target those specific drivers
- Track risk and progress session by session on one shared form
- Document suicide-specific care consistently across the whole team
- Help patients build real alternatives to suicide — a life with meaning and purpose
- Recognize, and clinically justify, when suicide risk has resolved
Your team can start using CAMS with patients after 10 hours of training.
Built for Your Setting
We support organization of all sizes, including:
State & Local Agencies
EDs, Hospitals & EmPATH Units
(psychiatric emergency settings)
Children's Hospitals
School Districts
Military & Veterans
Students & Educators
Tribal Nations
Universities
Correctional Facilities
Not sure where your organization fits? Most of our partners start with the same 30-minute conversation.
Organizations That Made the Change
We saw how CAMS saves lives. Why wouldn’t we invest in it?
Chad Anderson, LSCSW
Chief Clinical Officer, KVC Health Systems
The CAMS model and training tools have very quickly helped us to feel more confident and prepared to manage risky patients… I have yet to find a comparable framework that is as accessible to clinicians and yet so robust.
Eric Lewandowski, PhD
NYU Langone
95.3%
of participants would recommend CAMS training to a colleague.
2024–2026 CAMS post-training survey · 7,437 respondents
Take the next step towards saving lives.
Tell us a bit about your organization and a CAMS-care® specialist will contact you to discuss the best training and implementation options for your team.
- Personalized recommendations
- Training that fits your goals and budget
- Support every step of the way
Common Questions
Yes. Continuing education credits can be added to CAMS training as an optional purchase. Credits are approved through the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC), the American Psychological Association (APA) and the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), and range from one to seven credit hours depending on the course.
Yes — and most of our partners do. CAMS training is commonly funded through federal, state and private suicide prevention grants, including SAMHSA programs such as Garrett Lee Smith and Zero Suicide. We don’t write grant applications, but we will provide the documentation you need and help you show how CAMS aligns with your proposal.
Yes. Zero Suicide is a systemwide safety framework built around seven core elements. CAMS is the suicide-specific clinical treatment that supports all seven — it is what your clinicians actually do with a patient once risk has been identified. CAMS fits inside your existing workflows and has been adopted across Zero Suicide initiatives in the United States and internationally. No system overhaul required.
Yes. CAMS-4Teens® adapts the CAMS Framework® and the shared assessment form for patients aged 12 and over, and includes a component for engaging parents and caregivers. It is available to individual clinicians and to small groups, with continuing education credit.
CAMS uses a tiered designation system that begins with the CAMS Trained® designation, so you always have a record of who on your team has completed what. For teams training together, we will coordinate a shared training plan with you and help you manage it.
Organizational training is quoted by team size and delivery format. Every plan includes course materials, role-play practice sessions and consultation calls with a CAMS consultant. You can see how organizational training is structured on our CAMS for Organizations page, and compare the full range of training and designations. Tell us your team size in the form above and we will come back with a costed recommendation — at no cost and with no obligation.
In many cases it is already there. The Suicide Status Form — the shared assessment your clinicians and patients complete together — has been built into more than a dozen electronic medical record platforms, including Epic, Oracle, Meditech, NextGen, Netsmart and Valant. You can see the full list of EMR platforms carrying the SSF. If your system is not on that list, we will talk through the options for your setup on the consultation call.