The collaborative assessment and management of suicide (CAMS) is an evidenced-based therapeutic framework designed to facilitate a co-authored and collaborative approach to addressing suicidality (Jobes, 2009). The collaborative nature of this approach is fundamental to its success in delivering suicide specific and recovery-oriented mental health care to thousands of suicidal people to date. The purpose of this paper is to outline the CAMS model and propose it as a recovery-oriented approach to addressing suicidality in mental health care.
The CAMS model and its philosophy are reviewed in light of recovery principles.
It is proposed that the CAMS model is consistent with a recovery-oriented approach to mental health care for suicidal people.
As yet there are no specifically identified recovery-oriented approaches to addressing suicidality.
