Citation

Monahan MF, Crowley KJ, Arnkoff DB, Glass CR, Jobes DA. Omega (Westport) 2018; ePub(ePub): 30222818775888.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Sage Publications)

DOI

10.1177/0030222818775888

PMID

29745779

Abstract

The collaborative assessment and management of suicidality (CAMS) serves as a framework for maintaining a collaborative relationship between the therapist and patient. This study used an original coding manual to examine responses to open-ended questions to better understand the ways in which therapists use CAMS collaboratively as well as their reasons for adhering (or not adhering) to certain aspects of the framework.

RESULTS suggest differences in treatment application based on therapist characteristics including amount of experience, intensity of training received, and experience of a patient suicide attempt. Implications of this research include informing therapists interested in using the CAMS framework about the specific ways in which implementation can be made collaborative. Further, this research helps to shed light on how experiencing a client's death by suicide can impact therapists' future work with suicidal clients.

Language: en

Keywords

counseling; qualitative research; suicide; suicide prevention; therapy