Now completely revised (over 90% new), this is the authoritative Diagnostic Manual grounded in Psychodynamic clinical models and theories.
Winner--American Board and Academy of Psychoanalysis Book Prize (Clinical Category).
Sponsoring associations include the International Psychoanalytical Association, Division 39 of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychoanalytic Association, the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy, the American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work, and five other organizations. *In-depth comparisons to DSM-5 and ICD-10-CM throughout. *Chapter on recommended assessment instruments, plus reproducible/downloadable Diagnostic tools. *Greater attention to issues of culture and diversity, and to both the clinician\'s and patient\'s subjectivity. *Extensive treatment of psychotic conditions and the psychotic level of personality organization. *Separate section on older adults (the first classification system with a geriatric section). *Chapter with extended case illustrations, including complete PDM profiles.
New to This Edition *Significant revisions to all chapters, reflecting a decade of clinical, empirical, and methodological advances.
Purchasers get access to a companion website where they can find additional case illustrations and download and print five reproducible PDM-derived rating scales in a convenient 8 1/2 x 11 size.
Leading international authorities systematically address personality functioning and psychological problems of infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age, including clear conceptualizations and illustrative case examples.
Explicitly oriented toward case formulation and treatment planning, PDM-2 offers practitioners an empirically based, clinically useful alternative or supplement to DSM and ICD categorical diagnoses.
Now completely revised (over 90% new), this is the authoritative Diagnostic Manual grounded in Psychodynamic clinical models and theories
