Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS)

Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) is an evidence-based, compassionate approach for individuals experiencing suicidal thoughts. It focuses on understanding the underlying sources of distress and in a collaborative process, developing a personalized plan to support safety, healing, and a life that feels worth living.

About CAMS

Across worldwide clinical trial studies, replicated data show the CAMS approach to suicidal risk:

Quickly reduces suicidal ideation in 6-8 sessions
Reduces overall symptoms of distress, depression, and reliably reduces suicidal ideation
Increases hope and improves clinical retention to care
Is relatively easy to learn, adapt, implement, and become adherent
Is optimal for the largest population — people with serious thoughts and ideations of suicide
Decreases Emergency Department (ED) visits among certain subgroups
Appears to have a promising impact on self-harm behavior and suicide attempts
The best proven treatment for randomized trials.

Its adaptability across different therapeutic orientations and its ease of learning make CAMS a preferred choice for a multidisciplinary array of mental health professionals.

Source: CAMS Care website

Meet Your Therapist

Edwin Santos Lepiz, MSW

Supporting individuals experiencing suicidal ideation is a specialty area of my clinical work. I offer Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS), an evidence-based and compassionate approach that centers collaboration, safety, and hope. Together, we explore what is driving the pain, identify what helps keep you safe, and create a personalized plan for healing and stabilization. Throughout this process, you are supported every step of the way as we work toward defining what makes life feel worth living—on your terms.

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