Professor
Appalachian State University
Dr. JP Jameson is a Professor of Psychology at Appalachian State University and a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in North Carolina. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 2009, completed a predoctoral internship at the Salem VA Medical Center, and completed a post-doctoral residency at the Baylor College of Medicine and Michael DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, Texas. His research and clinical interests focus on the prediction and prevention of suicide through means safety interventions. Dr. Jameson is a master trainer in Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM), a suicide prevention protocol aimed at reducing access to the most lethal suicide methods for at-risk individuals. More recently, he joined CALM America as the chief operating officer. Additionally, he is involved in numerous community-based research projects, both locally and regionally. He also directs the Assessment, Support, and Counseling (ASC) Center, a school-based mental health program operating in area school systems that provide mental health services for K-12 students free of charge.