Lynn F. Bufka

Identify key advocacy and policy trends shaping the future of the psychology profession.

Identify three strategies to increase reimbursement and coverage for psychological services in their state.

This webinar offered an overview and highlighted the similarities and differences on how the topic of depression is assessed and treated around the globe.

The following research highlights considerations for practitioners when providing mental health care services in the Indigenous population.

Making decisions based on complex information is frustrating and stressful, but a change in mindset can help.

Recommendations for the treatment of depressive disorders (including major depression, subsyndromal depression, and persistent depressive disorder). This guideline addresses three developmental cohorts: children and adolescents; general adults; and older adults (ages 60 and over).

Lynn F. Bufka, PhD, senior director of Practice Transformation and Quality, shared some strategies that can help students manage stress and strengthen their mental well-being.

When videoconferencing isn’t an option for your patient, consider audio-only treatment.

This casebook offers detailed guidance to help practitioners implement the treatments recommended in the American Psychological Association's Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Adults.  

The coronavirus has upended countless lives here at home and around the world.

APA psychologists answers questions on psychology education issues related to the coronavirus (COVID-19).

The transcript for Coping in the era of coronavirus: A webinar for students.

An examination of the problem of sexual trafficking of children worldwide, the damage it does to victims’ mental health, and what psychologists are doing to help address the issue.

Worried about making it through your next holiday gathering without it devolving into a political screaming match? Get advice from the experts, APA's Dr. Lynn Bufka and Dr. Jeanne Safer, host of the podcast, 'I Love You But I Hate Your Politics.'

This webinar reviews various website features, including information for clinicians on recommended interventions, assessment instruments used and resources for patients and families to help them understand PTSD, its causes, and its effects and treatment options.

Effective billing strategies using ICD-10-CM codes specific to mental, behavioral and neurocognitive disorders. This webinar is geared to help psychologists having problems documenting and billing for cognitive deficits covered under ICD-10-CM chapters G and R.

Psychologist Lynn Bufka, PhD, talks about how stress and discrimination are linked and what that can mean for people’s health and well-being over time.

If you suspect a friend or family member is experiencing an emotional crisis, your help can make a difference.

Eleven scientists and clinicians have been appointed to the APA Clinical Treatment Guideline Development Panel for Depressive Disorders Across the Lifespan.

Scientists and clinicians are sought for panels developing clinical treatment guidelines for the treatment of obesity and post-traumatic stress disorder.

The steering committee organized assessments and discussions about depressive disorders, obesity, oppositional-defiant disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder based on the appropriateness and importance of the topic for psychologists, need and value for a treatment guideline, and feasibility of developing a treatment guideline.

An APA steering committee, supported by Science and Practice Directorate staff, was formed to develop evidence-based clinical treatment guidelines.

Relevant research publications, policy statements, and links to programs compiled by the American Psychological Association’s Practice Directorate.