Journal of Rural Mental Health, Vol 48(2), Apr 2024, 84-96; doi:10.1037/rmh0000260
COVID-19 forced mental health professionals to make radical and rapid adjustments in treatment delivery to provide care to some of the most distressed community members, including college students. Suicide-focused approaches, such the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS), provide guidance on the application of this treatment framework via telehealth. We report the Eastern Kentucky University Psychology Department Clinic transition from in-person to telehealth format to continue treating community members and students and to continue training graduate student clinicians on CAMS. Overall, graduate student clinicians were positive about telehealth suicide assessment and treatment, noting that telehealth has some advantages. Additionally, we report the steps needed to convert a graduate training clinic from in-person to telehealth. Case studies are included to describe the use of CAMS in a virtual platform delivered by graduate student therapists. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)