Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual, Second Edition (eBook)

Vittorio Lingiardi, MD, is Full Professor of Dynamic Psychology and past Director (2006-2013) of the Clinical Psychology Specialization Program in the Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology of the Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. His research interests include diagnostic assessment and treatment of personality disorders, process-outcome research in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, and gender identity and sexual orientation. He has published widely on these topics, including articles in the American Journal of Psychiatry, World Psychiatry, Contemporary Psychoanalysis, International Journal of Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic Dialogues, and Psychoanalytic Psychology. Dr. Lingiardi is a recipient of the Ralph Roughton Paper Award from the American Psychoanalytic Association. He serves on a steering committee for the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities, and Research, and on a scientific committee for the Italian Office against Discrimination.  Nancy McWilliams, PhD, ABPP, is Visiting Professor in the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and has a private practice in Flemington, New Jersey. She is on the editorial board of Psychoanalytic Psychology and has authored three classic books on psychotherapy, including the award-winning Psychoanalytic Diagnosis, Second Edition: Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process. Dr. McWilliams is an Honorary Member of the American Psychoanalytic Association and a former Erikson Scholar at the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. She is a recipient of the Leadership and Scholarship Awards from Division 39 (Psychoanalysis) of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Hans H. Strupp Award from the Appalachian Psychoanalytic Society, and delivered the Dr. Rosalee G. Weiss Lecture for Outstanding Leaders in Psychology for APA Division 42 (Psychologists in Independent Practice). She has demonstrated psychodynamic psychotherapy in three APA educational videos and has spoken at the commencement ceremonies of the Yale University School of Medicine and the Smith College School for Social Work.

Introduction, Vittorio Lingiardi & Nancy McWilliams I. Adulthood 1. Personality Syndromes—P Axis, Nancy McWilliams & Jonathan Shedler 2. Profile of Mental Functioning--M Axis, Vittorio Lingiardi & Robert F. Bornstein 3. Symptom Patterns: The Subjective Experience—S Axis, Emanuela Mundo & John Allison O’Neil II. Adolescence 4. Profile of Mental Functioning for Adolescents—MA Axis, Mario Speranza & Nick Midgley 5. Emerging Personality Patterns and Syndromes in Adolescence—PA Axis, Johanna Malone & Norka Malberg 6. Adolescent Symptom Patterns: The Subjective Experience—SA Axis, Mario Speranza III. Childhood 7. Profile of Mental Functioning for Children—MC Axis, Norka Malberg & Larry Rosenberg 8. Emerging Personality Patterns and Difficulties in Childhood—PC Axis, Norka Malberg & Larry Rosenberg 9. Child Symptom Patterns: The Subjective Experience—SC Axis, Norka Malberg & Larry Rosenberg IV. Infancy and Early Childhood 10. Mental Health and Developmental Disorders in Infancy and Early Childhood—IEC 0–3, Anna Maria Speranza & Linda Mayes V. Later Life 11. Introduction to Part V, Franco Del Corno & Daniel Plotkin 12. Profile of Mental Functioning for the Elderly—ME Axis, Franco Del Corno & Daniel Plotkin 13. Personality Patterns and Syndromes in the Elderly—PE Axis, Franco Del Corno & Daniel Plotkin 14. Symptom Patterns in the Elderly: The Subjective Experience—SE Axis, Franco Del Corno & Daniel Plotkin VI. Assessment and Clinical Illustrations 15. Assessment within the PDM-2 Framework, Sherwood Waldron, Robert M. Gordon, & Francesco Gazzillo 16. Clinical Illustrations and PDM-2 Profiles, Franco Del Corno, Vittorio Lingiardi, & Nancy McWilliams Appendix. Psychodiagnostic Charts (PDCs)