#How to use ssf full

What follows are general guidelines for using CAMS within telepsychology across each phase of the CAMS therapeutic framework, including: (a) the CAMS initial session, (b) the CAMS tracking/update-interim sessions of care, and (c) the CAMS outcome/disposition final session when the full range of clinical outcomes are realized and documented by the Suicide Status Form. There are also complex issues as to what to do remotely for a patient in imminent danger, discussion of this prospect may need to be included as part of informed consent (e.g., that 911 may need to be contacted for an emergency rescue if that is warranted to assure a patientвЂ™s safety). Informed consent considerations are jurisdictionally defined by boards of mental health disciplines. Informed consent to engage in telepsychology is crucial. But for now, we will rely on mutual access to the hard copy version of the SSF-4 and will then use it in parallel within telepsychology. At some point in the future, the e-SSF, that has been developed with the help of Microsoft engineers, will be commercially available to supplement the CAMS telepsychology experience. Thus, it is crucial for a suicidal CAMS patient to have access to the appropriate hardcopy of the CAMS SSF-4 prior to each CAMS session. In this regard, the clinicianвЂ™s accurate completion of the SSF can be a clarifying and even validating experience for the suicidal patient. What we have seen in current uses of telepsychology and CAMS is that patients can check the clinicianвЂ™s completion of the SSF as accurate, reflecting both the correct assessment and treatment information that the patient experiences. To this end, it is critical that both the patient and clinician have access to copies of the SSF-4 which they can then refer to as they engage in CAMS-guided assessment, the on-going treatment of patient-defined вЂњdriversвЂќ (those issues/problems that compel patients to consider suicide), and on-going treatment planning until the outcome/dispositions phase of CAMS-guided care is realized. The SSF functions as the CAMS roadmap of the framework for assessment of suicidal risk, stabilization planning, suicide-focused treatment planning, the interim tracking of suicidal risk, to clinical outcomes and dispositions.

#How to use ssf trial

Finally, it is important to note the telepsychology use of CAMS is now being done with an on-going randomized controlled trial (RCT) at the San Diego Veterans Affairs Medical Center with suicidal veterans.Д«asically, the common denominator for using CAMS within a telepsychology modality requires the parallel use of the Suicide Status Form (SSF). The use of telepsychology and CAMS in forensic (prison) settings is also being explored. The exploratory use of CAMS via telepsychology in rural and frontier regions of the intermountain West of the United States is also now underway. Army has successfully used a telepsychology version of CAMS within the Warrior Resiliency Program in San Antonio Texas for suicidal Soldiers in geographically remote locations for the past several years (Waltman, Landry, Pujol, & Moore, 2019). The Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) has been successfully administered using telepsychology in a variety of settings (Jobes, 2016).