The following evidence-based programs (EBPs) and suicide care pathways have been developed in collaboration with CSPAR. Referral links are provided if you would like to refer yourself or someone else.

CAMS (Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality)

CAMS is a 4-12 session outpatient evidence based, suicide-focused treatment framework. This model can be integrated as intervention in itself or integrated with other suicide prevention or behavioral health interventions. As its name implies, CAMS has two primary foci – establishing and maintaining a therapeutic alliance and keeping the focus on suicidality until it resolves.

• More information about CAMS can be found on our Education website here
  CAMS is offered at Seattle Children’s Hospital through the Mood and Anxiety Program and theBehavioral Health Crisis Care Clinic
• DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy)

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a cognitive behavioral treatment that was originally developed to treat chronically suicidal individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and it is now recognized as the gold standard psychological treatment for this population.

• More information about DBT can be found on our Education website here.
• The referral process to the Harborview DBT program can be found here.
• The referral process to the Seattle Children’s DBT program can be found here.

DBT-ACES (Dialectical Behavior Therapy – Accepting the Challenges of Employment and Self-Sufficiency)

DBT-ACES is an expansion and adaptation of Standard DBT featuring a second year of treatment designed to meet the needs of DBT graduates who want to increase self-sufficiency and maintain living wage employment.

• More information about DBT-ACES can be found on our Education website here
• The referral process to the Harborview DBT-ACES program can be found here.