Anti-semitism and Psychiatry: Recognition,Prevention, and Interventions,edited by H. Steven Moffic,J. R. Peteet,A. Hankir,and M.V. Seeman,Springer Nature Switzerland AG,Cham, Switzerland, 2020, 368 pp.

The American Journal of Psychoanalysis -     

Psychotherapy versus behaviour therapy : , , , and . Harvard University Press, Cambridge. 1975. 264 pp.

Following the theoretical analysis proposed in 1971, it is suggested that obsessions produce both discomfort and attempts to ‘put matters right’. These attempts are construed as being functionally equivalent to compulsive rituals. A two-part approach to treatment is described. It consists of satiation training and/or the prevention of internal and external neutralizing rituals (i.e. attempts to ‘put matters right’ are prevented). The present analysis is proposed as part of a move towards an integrated, consistent approach to the practice and theory of behaviour modification in dealing with obsessional and compulsive problems.     

Theism,metaphysics, and D. Z. Phillips

Section I argues that theistic religions incorporate metaphysical systems and that these systems are explanatory. Section II defends these claims against D. Z. Phillips's objections to the epistemic realism and correspondence theory of truth which they imply. I conclude by raising questions about the status of Phillips's own project.