Date: August 28, 2026
This pilot feasability study tested CAMS-Brief Intervention (CAMS-BI), a single-session suicide intervention, with 20 suicidal youth (ages 12-21) in a pediatric ED. Refusal was low (8.7%) and completion high (87%), with no delay to ED discharge. Distress dropped significantly post-intervention, and no participant returned to the ED for suicidal thoughts/behaviors within 3 months, versus 15% in a matched comparison group. The study supports CAMS-BI as a feasible, promising brief intervention for ED settings.
Authors: Morganne Reid, PhD, Francesca Fernandez, MA, Jessica Gerner, MA, Raymond Tucker, PhD, Claudia R. Morris, MD, John Constantino, MD, and David A. Jobes, PhD
About the Authors
Morganne Reid PhD
Morganne Reid, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and works in the overlap between the Marcus Autism Center and the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Behavioral Mental Health (BMH) Department.
Dr. Reid creates programming and research projects to identify youth at risk for suicide by providing clinical care in the CHOA Emergency Departments, as well as outpatient therapy within BMH and the Marcus Autism Center. She began CLASP, the Clinic for Autism and Suicide Prevention, which provides treatment for autistic youth who experience suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
David A. Jobes Ph.D. ABPP
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.
Raymond P. Tucker Ph.D.
Raymond is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Louisiana State University (LSU) where he founded the Mitigation of Suicidal Behavior (MOSB) Laboratory in 2017. He also is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center /Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center. He finished his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Oklahoma State University in 2017 following his clinical internship at VA Puget Sound. Raymond's research broadly focuses on the enhancement of theoretical models of suicide and suicide risk assessment tools, particularly in underserved populations (e.g., Veterans, Transgender and Gender Diverse adults). Raymond began his tenure as a CAMS consultant in 2019 after receiving a state-level grant to implement CAMS across the Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge L.A. He is a former board member of the American Association of Suicidology and is a current faculty member at the National Suicidology Training Center.