The collaborative assessment and management of suicide (CAMS): An important model for mental health services to consider

Abstract

The collaborative assessment and management of suicide (CAMS) model has been developed over 25 years providing mental health clinicians with a flexible, evidenced-based, collaborative and ethically informed way of addressing suicidality with service users. This paper briefly overviews the CAMS model and its advantages and advocates for its use in mental health services both nationally and internationally.