Suicidology Resources & News
The latest in suicide prevention news, articles, resources and other materials related to preventing and treating suicide risk.
Strengths-Based Approaches to Suicide Prevention in the Black Community
In this talk, Dr. Brooks Stephens will review socio-cultural risk factors for suicide among Black youth...
Jumping in the Hole
I suffered for years with constant thoughts of ending my life, eventually coming to find comfort...
Zero Suicide – Outcomes and Opportunities
Consistent with the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention, Zero Suicide called for improved suicide identification and...
Improving Outpatient Suicide Treatment, a Better Alternative to EDs and...
This presentation will highlight the need for a paradigm shift in suicide care, describe our innovative...
Using Advances in Technology to Advance the Understanding, Prediction, and...
Suicide is a leading cause of death in the US and worldwide. Whereas the mortality rate...
Stigma, Shame, and Suicide Webinar
The connection between stigma, shame and suicide will be discussed, with a focus on not just...
Innovations in Clinical Suicide Prevention: CAMS Update and the 3rd...
This webinar will delve into the latest research and tools presented in the new book, written...
Big Ideas for Advancing Suicide Prevention
The recent end of the Spring 2023 semester marked my 40th year of working in the...
Black Suicidology Summit Webinar
We will examine the socio-historical context of systemic disparities, provide intersectional discourse on current risk/preventative factors,...
Empirical, Clinical, and Conceptual Evidence Converges to Indicate Good Support...
On-Demand webinar hosted by Dr. David A. Jobes and Thomas Joiner.
A Voice of Autistic Adulthood: Suicide & Other Challenges Amongst...
Think of the word: autism. What image comes to mind? How would you describe an autistic...
Essential DBT Skills for Individuals Who are Suicidal and the...
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a comprehensive psychological treatment that was originally developed for borderline personality...
Attachment-Based Family Therapy: a family safety net approach to suicide...
Attachment Based family therapy aims to identify and address the family events and processes that may...
10 Tips for Using CAMS with Adherence
For a proven intervention to be effective in the field, clinicians must use the intervention with...
10 Tips for Clinical Management of Suicide Risk
Clinicians often face anxiety and uncertainty in managing and treating suicide risk. This presentation will highlight...
The Stepped Care Model in Clinical Suicide Prevention
This article describes several applications and uses of CAMS at all service levels and highlights CAMS-related...
988 and the State of Suicide Treatment in the US
On July 16, 2022, the United States took an enormous step forward in crisis care and...
Office Hours with Dr. Jobes
These FREE monthly meetings are an opportunity to talk with Dr. Jobes and other clinicians patient...
CAMS-4Teens®
Upon reflection, probably the single biggest request that we hear from providers in the field is...
CAMS-4Teens®: The Complexities of Working with Parents
This presentation provides an overview of the CAMS-4Teens approach along with an update on the current...
What Future? How People Who Are Suicidal Look Beyond the...
Delve into the cognitive processes of suicidal individuals as they envision their future with Dr. Cha's...
Cultivating Perspectives | Managing Suicidal Risk, 3rd Edition
One of my favorites that is central to successful psychotherapy is the “cultivation of perspective.” In...
How NeuroFlow is Combining Technology and Treatment to Prevent Suicide
NeuroFlow and CAMS-care partner to offer an evidence based therapeutic framework for suicide-specific assessment and treatment...
How can technology improve how we predict and prevent suicidal...
Technology like smartphones and smartwatches have become nearly ubiquitous over the past few years. This has...
Clinician-Survivors: The Peril and Promise of Risking to Care
As a clinician and suicide treatment researcher, I have contemplated for decades the prospect of losing...
Why do Black Males Consider Suicide?
Suicidologist have focused on the quality and reproducibility of the science of why people die by...
Suicide Status Form Intake: Integrating a Culturally Informed Interview Process
The Suicide Status Form (SSF) is part of the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS)...
Podcast: To Hospitalize or Not to Hospitalize, the Question Most...
In this interview, Dave discusses his career in researching suicide and how Marsha Lineman encouraged him...
New Perspectives on Suicide Risk Among Military Personnel and Veterans
Dr. Craig J. Bryan, reviews new empirical findings that cast a different perspective on the nature...
Telehealth: A Critical Tool for Treating Suicidal Risk On-Demand
David Jobes, the creator of the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality, discusses the benefits of...
Trillium Case Study: Suicide Prevention – A consistent approach with...
Dr. Ian Dawe is a Psychiatrist in Ontario, Canada and an expert in suicide prevention. As...
Suicide Risk: Effective Clinical Assessment, Management, & Treatment
Misunderstandings are common when dealing with suicide risk in clinical settings. Visit to gain some clarification...
When It is Darkest: Why People Die by Suicide On-Demand
Based around his new book, Dr. Rory O'Connor will try to dispel myths around suicide.
Blog: CAMS Meta-Analysis: Intervention for Suicidal Ideation
I am delighted to blog about a brand-new meta-analysis of nine clinical trials showing robust support...
CAMS Meta-Analysis: Intervention for Suicidal Ideation
A recent rigorous meta-analysis of the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality ("CAMS") showed that it...
Lethal Means Safety and CAMS
It is interesting how ideas and constructs within suicide prevention that have been around for many...
404 ERROR: Mistakes We Need to Stop Making in Suicidology...
In this webinar, Dr. David Klonsky suggests that we overvalue predicting suicide -- so much so...
The NEED for Competence and Confidence
I recently recorded a two-hour workshop on Zoom for a virtual presentation at the Psychotherapy Networker...
Suicide Prevention in Healthcare Settings On-Demand
Christine Moutier, M.D., AFSP's Chief Medical Officer, David Jobes, Ph.D., professor and creator of CAMS, and...
On-Demand: Providing Effective, Risk Managed Treatment for Potentially Suicidal Patients...
Dr. Jobes and Dr. Eric Harris discuss a way for psychologists to build awareness about using...
First Randomized Trial of Ketamine for Youth Suicidality to Launch...
Cleveland Clinic researchers have received a $2.5 million National Institutes of Health R01 grant to investigate...
CAMS-4Teens®: Tips for Adapting CAMS for Teens and Adolescents
According to the CDC, suicide became the second leading cause of death among teens and young...
Hope
Hope is such a simple word. Yet for suicidal people in the depths of despair, hope...
Meeting the Growing Need for Training in Evidence-Based Suicide Prevention...
CAMS-care recognizes this growing need to make effective training available to healthcare workers and clinicians to...
Considering Suicidal Ideation—Again!
In recent years I have spoken, published, and blogged about the relative importance of suicidal ideation...
Adolescent Suicide Prevention On-Demand
Dr. Jobes and his special guest Dr. Cheryl King discuss the problem of suicide among the...
Vermont’s Zero Suicide Initiative
Vermont’s suicide rate has increased by 73.1% since 1999, which marks the 4th largest increase of...
The State of Ohio: Suicide Prevention Using Evidence-Based Practices
Ohio is one of the first states to train over 1,000 clinicians in treating suicidal people,...
CAMS-care Aims to Train 20,000 Clinicians in Evidence-Based Treatment of...
CAMS-care’s mission is to save lives through effective care by training clinicians to treat suicidal patients....
First Touch: Administrative Policy vs. Caring Concern, Empathy, Validation, and...
I believe there is often a unique moment, a window, of potential engagement that is squandered...
Jaspr: Using Avatars in Emergency Departments with Suicidal Patients Brings...
I was told about a fascinating study that was conducted at the University of Boston using...
Suicide and Older Adults: On-Demand
Join Dr. Jobes & guest Dr. Yeates Conwell in their webinar, as they discuss suicide in...
A Guide to Contextualizing the Reality of Systemic Racism and...
On our journey of enlightenment and understanding the mechanisms of Black suicidality, we have explored the...
How the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health uses CAMS for...
The State of Oklahoma began an initiative in 2016 to provide a system of care to...
Fear of Suicidal Patients and Taking the Risk to Care
A recent AAS listserv exchange got me thinking about the abject fear that many mental health...
A Guide to Contextualizing the Reality of Systemic Racism and...
In this second part of this three-part series, we will examine the current research and evidence-based...
Embedding an Evidence-Based Model for Suicide Prevention in the National...
This article describes a systems-level process improvement effort in the United Kingdom to raise the standard...
Suicide and Communities of Color: On-Demand
Dr. David Jobes and Dr. Molock discuss why suicide rates are significantly higher in colored communities...
A Guide to Contextualizing the Reality of Systemic Racism and...
The mortality rate for COVID-19 has been disproportionately affecting the African American, Latinx, and Indigenous communities.
Obstacles to Suicide Prevention and Treatment Training
Suicide claims one person in the U.S. every 12 minutes, according to the CDC. That’s 123...
Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and the CAMS Framework® of Evidence-Based Suicide...
For those of you who use the CAMS framework with your suicidal patients, you know that...
Malpractice Liability Related to Suicidal Risk: How to Decrease the...
Few clinical concerns frighten mental health providers more than the fear of being sued for malpractice...
Seeking the Military Suicide Solution Podcast: Retired Army Maj. Gen....
This podcast from Military Times examines the alarming rate of military and veterans suicide, offering new...
The Gender Paradox of Suicide: How Suicide Differs Between Men,...
Recently, the question of gender in suicidal behavior has expanded to include transgender and gender-diverse (TGD)...
Adolescent and Teen Suicide: By the Numbers
The alarming rise of teen and adolescent suicide rates over the last decade is prompting researchers...
Working Competently with Suicidal Patients: Training Opportunities for Vermont Mental...
In a courageous article written for the Vermont Association of Psychoanalytic Studies, Dr. Debra Lopez describes...
Best Practices in Care Transitions for Individuals with Suicide Risk
In the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention’s new guide for best practices in care transitions...
Suicide: Another Curve In Need of Flattening
As if the medical, economic and social effects of the COVID-19 pandemic weren’t already enough, another...
The Importance of Acknowledging Cultural Differences and Validating the Experiences...
Sweeping cultural differences under the rug and ignoring the unique experiences of suicidal minority patients undermines...
Treating Suicidal Risk Using Telepsychology: On Demand
On-Demand Presentation: Dr. David Jobes as he responds to the telepsychology use of CAMS and the...
Treating Suicidal College Students Using Telepsychology: A CAMS Approach On-Demand
On-Demand Presentation: Dr. Melinda Moore responds to the telepsychology use of CAMS for treating suicidal college...
The Rollins College Wellness Center focused on reducing student hospitalizations...
All across the country college wellness and counseling centers are dealing with an increasing number of...
An Exploration of Future Research and Treatment to Combat the...
Contrary to the trends we observe with Black adolescents, current research finds that the suicide rates...
Zero Suicide In Vermont
The Vermont Department of Mental Health (DHM) committed to the Zero Suicide framework for suicide prevention...
NAViGO’s Implementation of CAMS System of Care in UK: Preliminary...
In 2017, NAViGO Community Interest Company implemented CAMS as part of their National Health Service-commissioned health...
Suicidality in Correctional Facilities: Challenges in Assessing and Treating
With suicide rates rising dramatically over the past few years in both state prisons and local...
Challenges of Assessing and Treating Youth Suicide: A Solution in...
The news of rising teen suicide rates is difficult to ignore. Every few months, the media...
4 Things that Can Go Wrong When Working with Suicidal...
Using a cookie-cutter approach to treatment with a suicidal person who is part of a minority...
One Size Does Not Fit All – Part 3: Effective...
Within clinical science, RCTs are the gold standard of what has proven effective in a causal...
One Size Does Not Fit All – Part 2: Key...
There are various contemporary developments that may help workers in the field to move from a...
Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicide (CAMS) Introduction Webinar Recording
Watch a webinar recording introducing the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicide (CAMS) hosted by The...
Place-Based Suicide Intervention Video
Learn about a place-based suicide prevention trial that’s taking place in Melton and Brimbank, Victoria, Australia.
One Size Does Not Fit All – Part 1: A...
Why is suicide a major public health issue? Historically, mental health has been largely misunderstood. Learn...
5 Approaches When Working with Mental Health Minority Clients
Mental health clinicians unintentionally harm therapeutic relationships with minority patients. Learn 5 ways how to approach...
The Challenges of Assessing and Treating Prison Suicidality: A Possible...
The rate of inmate mental illness is drastically higher than the general population. So how do...
Associations of Suicide Prevention Trainings with Practices and Confidence among...
Suicide and Life-Threatening behavior published "Associations of Suicide Prevention Trainings with Practices and Confidence among Clinicians...
September 19: The Impact of 13 Reasons Why on Suicide...
CAMS-care consultant Kurt Michael, Ph.D. joins John P. Ackerman, PhD, and Megan Chesin, PhD to uncover...
Reflections on Suicidal Ideation
Crisis – The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention published an Editorial written by David...
Suicide Crisis: Can the rising rate be stemmed
The CQ Researcher (CQ Press) recently posted an informative article entitled Suicide Crisis: Can the rising...
Tianjin University Training
The CAMS Approach for treating suicide risk is becoming very popular in China.
Journal Of Affective Disorders
A group in Oslo, Norway found that “CAMS improved treatment outcome on suicide ideation and mental...
6 Risk Factors for Transgender & Gender Diverse Suicide
Our understanding of how gender affects suicidality was developed when most scholars viewed gender as a...
Gun Safety and Suicide Prevention
Perhaps you’ve personally known someone, or treated someone, who attempted suicide using a firearm. Chances are,...
Suicide Malpractice Statistics | The Risk of Suicide Malpractice Lawsuits
Survey data has shown that when patients die by suicide, more than half of patient families...
How to Treat a Suicidal Patient: The 4 Cornerstones of...
Effective treatment for suicidal patients requires consistency of care. Learn 4 cornerstones of suicidal care that...
American Psychological Association’s (APA)
CAMS-care was recently recommended as a trusted resource for mental health professionals in the March 2019...