David Jobes, professor, psychology, was quoted in USA Today about sucide prevention and his Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) approach to treating suicidal patients.
...David Jobes is director of the Catholic University of America's Suicide Prevention Lab and created CAMS – Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality – widely regarded as one of the most effective approaches to treating suicidal patients. In the absence of training, Jobes said many clinicians spend most of their time trying to treat a patient's underlying mental illness, rather than asking the person, "What makes you want to kill yourself?"...
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