Collaborative assessment and management of suicidality at Menninger (CAMS-M): an inpatient adaptation and implementation.
In this article, the authors describe CAMS-M, a novel approach to working therapeutically with suicidal psychiatric inpatients, with the goal of reducing the likelihood of future suicidal crises. CAMS-M, developed at The Menninger Clinic, is an adaptation of the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS), a novel framework with promising early research findings in outpatient settings (Jobes, 2006). Here, we provide a detailed description of CAMS-M, describe how it differs from CAMS in its original form, and discuss issues around implementation in a hospital setting. We conclude that CAMS-M holds considerable promise in risk management and therapeutic intervention with suicidal patients in the inpatient environment.
The Menninger Clinic, 12301 Main St., Houston, TX, 77035, USA. tellis@menninger.edu
Thomas E
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Patricia
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Jon G
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D009042:Motivation; D010343:Patient Admission; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011340:Problem Solving; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012308:Risk Management; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D012945:Social Values; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology; D013781:Texas; D000092864:Suicide Prevention