Suicide Malpractice Statistics: Provider Lawsuit Risks

Suicide Malpractice Lawsuits

Mental health providers who work with suicidal patients are more at risk of a malpractice lawsuit than virtually any other type of health care professional.

Survey data has shown that when patients die by suicide, more than half of patient families consider the fatal outcome as an obvious case of malpractice. An astounding 25% of patient families talk to an attorney about suing for malpractice.

Reduce Suicide Risk and Malpractice

The best way that mental health care providers can reduce the risk of a malpractice lawsuit is to integrate competent care into all clinical care.

At CAMS-care, we have developed a proven suicide-specific intervention that is based on more than 30 years of clinical research and has been used around the world.

About David A. Jobes Ph.D. ABPP

David Jobes, PhD, ABPP, is the founder of CAMS-care, LLC. He began his career in 1987 in the Counseling Center of the Catholic University of America, where he developed a suicide risk assessment tool for college students that evolved into CAMS. Dr. Jobes is now a Professor of Psychology and Associate Director of Clinical Training at Catholic; he has trained thousands of mental health professionals in the United States and abroad in evidence-based assessment and treatment of suicide risk and the use of CAMS.

About CAMS-care

At CAMS-care, we offer suicide assessment and prevention training, consulting, and resources. For more information on CAMS, please contact us.