Australian Academic Press

Australian Academic Press (AAP) is an independent publishing house founded by psychologist Stephen May in 1987, servicing the behavioural and social sciences. Headed by May as publisher, editor-in-chief and owner, it specialises in psychology and publishes quality books and applied behavioural programs with worldwide distribution in print and digital formats. The Brisbane-based company established two major publishing arms — one for scientific journal publishing and one for evidence-based treatment guides and resources for mental health clinicians. In February 2012, after publishing 28 peer-reviewed journal titles over 24 years, May split the company and sold the majority journals division to Cambridge University Press to concentrate on a smaller, more specialised book publishing list.

Australian Academic Press was founded by psychologist Stephen May in 1987 as an independent publishing house servicing the behavioural and social sciences. The Brisbane-based company gained a reputation for quality and innovation, working with leading academics, researchers, and scholarly and professional societies. Two major publishing arms were established: one for scientific journal publishing and one for evidence-based treatment guides and resources for mental health clinicians, both committed to taking Australian research onto the global stage. In 1998 the Griffith University developed FRIENDS anxiety prevention program was published, recognised at the time as the world's leading school-based intervention for childhood anxiety, with translations and adaptations in schools across Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the UK, Germany, Finland, and the Netherlands. A stable of peer-reviewed scientific journals was also established and distributed worldwide in print and digital formats. In February 2012, having published 28 peer-reviewed journal titles over 24 years, Stephen May split the company and sold the majority journals division to Cambridge University Press to concentrate on a smaller, more specialised book publishing list. AAP continues to publish a selective range of practitioner resources and books in print and digital formats for global distribution and sales.

A niche publisher for the behavioural sciences, specialising in psychology, dedicated to independent publication of quality books and applied behavioural programs.

• FRIENDS anxiety prevention program

  A school-based intervention for childhood anxiety developed by Griffith University, published in 1998.

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