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Guilford Publications, Inc. is a New York City

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-based independent publisher founded in 1973 that specializes in publishing books, journals, software, and audiovisual programs in psychology, psychiatry, the behavioral sciences, education, and geography. The firm is owned by its two founding partners, president Bob Matloff and editor-in-chief Seymour Weingarten.

History

When reviewing one of Guilford Press' titles on parenting, Kirkus Reviews

Kirkus Reviews

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said of the company:

Guilford Press makes the following claim on its web site: "From psychology, psychiatry, and the behavioral sciences, to education, geography, and communication, the company is dedicated to bringing well-written, solidly researched work to professionals, academics, and interested general readers." We've taken a very close look at many of their books, and the claim so far holds up.

Library Journal

Library Journal is a trade publication for librarians. It was founded in 1876 by Melvil Dewey . It reports news about the library world, emphasizing public libraries, and offers feature articles about aspects of professional practice...

also described Guilford Press as being a leading publisher of mental health resources:

No single publisher dominates this field, although Guilford Publications is an excellent source of professional and consumer books and videos dealing with mental health.

The publishing house currently has over 1,250 titles in print and typically publishes more than 90 new books each year. The company also publishes 2 newsletters and 13 journals, including Psychiatry, an official journal of the Washington School of Psychiatry; and Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, the official Journal of the American Association of Suicidology.

In 2008, Guilford Press launched an eBooks program and now offers over 400 titles as eBooks.

Guilford titles are distributed in Europe by Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

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and in Australia and New Zealand by Footprint Books.

Guilford exhibits at over 25 professional conferences each year, such as those held by the American Psychological Association

American Psychological Association

The American Psychological Association is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States. It is the world's largest association of psychologists with around 154,000 members including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants and students. The APA...

, the American Psychiatric Association

American Psychiatric Association

The American Psychiatric Association is the main professional organization of psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists in the United States, and the most influential worldwide. Its some 38,000 members are mainly American but some are international...

, the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies

Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies

The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies was founded in 1966. Its headquarters are in New York City and its membership includes researchers, psychologists, psychiatrists, physicians, social workers, nurses, and other mental-health practitioners, researchers, and students who...

, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is a 501 non-profit professional association in the United States dedicated to facilitating psychiatric care for children and adolescents. Established in 1953, the Academy is headquartered in Washington, D.C...

, the American Educational Research Association

American Educational Research Association

The American Educational Research Association, or AERA, was founded in 1916 as a professional organization representing educational researchers in the United States and around the world....

, the International Reading Association

International Reading Association

The International Reading Association is an international professional organization that was created in 1956 to improve reading instruction, facilitate dialogue about research on reading, and encourage the habit of reading....

and BookExpo America

BookExpo America

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The company's titles are regularly reviewed in prominent publications, including Choice Reviews, PsycCRITIQUES
PsycCRITIQUES
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, Nursing Standard

Nursing Standard

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, and Library Journal

Library Journal

. In the academic sphere, Guilford Publications has published books by Aaron T. Beck, who is known as the father of cognitive therapy

Cognitive therapy

Cognitive behavioral therapy is a psychotherapeutic approach: a talking therapy. CBT aims to solve problems concerning dysfunctional emotions, behaviors and cognitions through a goal-oriented, systematic procedure in the present...

and was the winner of the 2006 Lasker Foundation Clinical Medical Research Award; Marsha Linehan, the developer of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT); and the founders of motivational interviewing

Motivational interviewing

Motivational interviewing refers to a counseling approach in part developed by clinical psychologists Professor William R Miller, Ph.D. and Professor Stephen Rollnick, Ph.D. The concept of motivational interviewing evolved from experience in the treatment of problem drinkers, and was first...

, Stephen Rollnick

Stephen Rollnick

Stephen Rollnick is a professor of clinical psychology at Cardiff University. Alongside William R Miller he developed many of the founding priniciples of motivational interviewing.- Biography :...

and William R. Miller. Mind Over Mood by Dennis Greenberger and Christine A. Padesky was chosen for inclusion in the United Kingdom National Health Service's bibliotherapy program, a selective list of proven self-help books that general practitioners, counselors, and community mental health specialists are encouraged to "prescribe" for patients with mild to moderate mental health concerns. The book was also voted by the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies as "the most influential cognitive behavioural therapy publication" and was recommended by Scientific American Mind

Scientific American Mind

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Authors

Guilford's list of authors includes: Russell Barkley

Russell Barkley

Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D., is a Research Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University...

, Aaron T. Beck, Isabel L. Beck, Judith S. Beck

Judith S. Beck

Judith S. Beck, Ph.D., is an American psychologist who is best known for her work in cognitive therapy. Her father is Aaron T...

, J.M. Blaut, Cathy Collins Block, Peter Dicken

Peter Dicken

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, Glen H. Elder, Jr., Kathy Ganske, William Ickes

William Ickes

William Ickes is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Texas at Arlington. He is a personality and social psychologist who is known primarily for his research on unstructured dyadic interaction. His first major line of research within this tradition...

, Jon Kabat-Zinn

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Jon Kabat-Zinn is Professor of Medicine Emeritus and founding director of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Kabat-Zinn was a student of Zen Master Seung Sahn and a founding member of...

, David A. Kenny, D. Richard Laws, Marsha Linehan, G. Alan Marlatt, William R. Miller, Susan B. Neuman

Susan B. Neuman

Susan Neuman is a prominent educator, researcher, and education policy-maker in early childhood and literacy development. As of 2010, she is Professor of Educational Studies at the University of Michigan....

, Stephen Rollnick

Stephen Rollnick

Stephen Rollnick is a professor of clinical psychology at Cardiff University. Alongside William R Miller he developed many of the founding priniciples of motivational interviewing.- Biography :...

, Daniel J. Siegel

Daniel J. Siegel

Daniel J. Siegel completed his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and his post-graduate medical education at UCLA. His training is in pediatrics and child, adolescent and adult psychiatry. Dr...

, Robert E. Stake, Tony Ward, and J. Mark G. Williams

J. Mark G. Williams

Mark Williams, D Phil, is a Professor of Clinical Psychology and Wellcome Principal Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. He holds a joint appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Experimental Psychology...

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