PDM-2. PSYCHODYNAMIC DIAGNOSTIC MANUAL VOLUME 2

Discover a comprehensive tool for mental health professionals. PDM-2 is a guide to help you understand and diagnose patients based on psychoanalytic tradition. It is an indispensable aid in everyday clinical practice.

• Three dimensions of functioning: personality patterns, mental profiles, and the experience of symptoms.
• Alternative to DSM and ICD: or their complement.
• Case development and therapy planning: an effective tool for clinicians.
• Mental health problems: in various periods of life.
• Case descriptions: full PDM-2 profiles.
• Comparisons with DSM-5 and ICD-10-CM: detailed analyses.

The Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual PDM-2 is a must-have for every mental health professional. Developed by clinicians and researchers representing the psychoanalytic tradition, it presents a diagnostic model that takes into account three dimensions of an individual's functioning: personality patterns (axis P), mental functioning profiles (axis M), and ways of experiencing symptoms (axis S). Created for case development and therapy planning, PDM-2 can serve clinicians as an empirically grounded alternative to the DSM and ICD systems or as a complement to them.

The authors systematically discuss mental health problems in infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age, taking into account the clinical, empirical, and methodological advances that have been made in the last ten years. The discussion of the issues is illustrated by numerous case descriptions, including full PDM-2 profiles. In addition, detailed comparisons of PDM-2 with the DSM-5 and ICD-10-CM classification systems are presented throughout the book.

The second volume of PDM-2 addresses mental health problems in adolescence. Unlike adults, the diagnosis of adolescents begins with mental functioning, as developmental issues (axis M) usually take precedence over newly emerging personality patterns (axis P). Due to the different levels and patterns used to describe mental functioning in childhood and adolescence, these two stages of life are discussed separately.

Organizations sponsoring PDM-2 include: the International Psychoanalytic Association, the Psychoanalysis Section of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychoanalytic Association, the International Association for Psychoanalysis and Relational Psychotherapy, and the American Association for Clinical Psychoanalysis.

The Jagiellonian University Press is a renowned institution that has been providing high-quality scientific and educational publications for years. Their books are valued for their reliability, innovative approach, and contribution to the development of knowledge. By choosing publications from this publishing house, you can be sure that you are reaching for a proven and valuable source of information.

The PDM-2 manual is an essential tool for every psychotherapist, psychiatrist, and psychologist who wants to deepen their knowledge and improve their diagnostic skills. With it, you will be able to better understand your patients and more effectively plan the therapeutic process. Investing in this manual is an investment in your professional development and better quality of patient care.