The Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) approach has garnered a strong evidence base and has been implemented by thousands of therapists from a range of orientations in diverse clinical settings. This extensively revised manual provides a proven therapeutic framework for evaluating suicidal risk and developing and implementing a suicide-specific treatment plan that is respectful, empathic, and empowering.
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ISBN:9781462533657 (hardcover)
Physical Description:print xviii, 270 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Edition:2nd ed.
Publisher:New York : The Guilford Press, 2016.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidalilty: a suicide-specific clinical intervention within contemporary health care -- The SSF and the evolution of CAMS -- Systems of clinical care and optimizing the use of CAMS -- CAMS risk assessment: the collaborative use of the SSF -- CAMS treatment planning: coauthoring a suicide-specific treatment plan -- CAMS interim sessions: tracking suicide risk assessments and treatment plan updates -- CAMS clinical outcomes and disposition: lessons in living and a postsuicidal life -- CAMS as a means of decreasing malpractice liability -- CAMS adaptations and future developments -- Epilogue.
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