David A. Jobes, Ph.D., ABPP

Professor of Psychology and Associate Director of Clinical Training

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Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality

Clinical Risk Assessment and Interventions

Preventing Suicide Among Military Service Members and Veterans

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Catholic University professor's suicide prevention treatment deemed ‘well supported’ May 19, 2021

Some people don't believe Meghan was suicidal, and that can be so dangerous March 10, 2021

We tell suicidal people to go to therapy. So why are therapists rarely trained in suicide? February 27, 2020

Prioritizing Your Mental Health - Even During Exams December 06, 2019

Suicide Crisis: Can the rising rate be stemmed? July 12, 2019

The Male Suicide Rate Is Rising. This Job Has the Highest Risk. November 16, 2018

This is the suicide story you're not hearing. August 21, 2018

College students need better mental health care January 13, 2018

Chester Bennington's death puts spotlight on suicide and mental health July 21, 2017

Research on Suicide Overlooks Young Children November 28, 2016

Adolescent Suicide: Assessment and Intervention (2nd Edition)

For the past decade, Adolescent Suicide: Assessment and Intervention has been recognized as the best and most authoritative text on this most tragic of subjects. This long-awaited second edition incorporates almost 15 years of new research and critical thinking about clinical assessment and intervention in addition to an expanded focus on prevention.
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Managing Suicidal Risk: A Collaborative Approach, Second Edition

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. In addition to their clinical utility, the procedures used for assessment, treatment, and progress monitoring within CAMS can help reduce the risk of malpractice liability.
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Building a Therapeutic Alliance With the Suicidal Patient

The quality of the therapeutic alliance is a well-established factor for successful therapy process and outcome. When it comes to treating suicidal patients, a strong therapeutic alliance can quite literally save a person's life. In this book, editors Konrad Michel and David A. Jobes have enlisted an elite group of clinicians and researchers to explore what has become known as the "Aeschi approach" to clinical suicide prevention.
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