Clinical Practice Guideline on the Treatment of PTSD (PN1-6)

Lynn F. Bufka, PhD, joined the American Psychological Association in 2002 and is currently the associate executive director of Practice Research and Policy. Previously, she was associate director of clinical training and an assistant research professor at Boston University.  Joan Cook, PhD, is an associate professor in the Yale School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry. She has nearly 100 publications in the areas of traumatic stress, geriatric mental health and dissemination fields. Dr. Cook has worked clinically with a range of trauma survivors. She has also served as the principal investigator on six federal grants, was a member of the APA Guideline Development Panel for PTSD and was the 2016 President of APA’s Division of Trauma Psychology.  Howard Kurtzman, PhD, joined the American Psychological Association in 2007 and is currently the acting executive director of the APA Science Directorate. Previously, he was a program director at the National Institute of Mental Health and was on the faculty of the psychology department at Cornell University.