Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual: Pdm-3 -- Vittorio Lingiardi, Paperback
Fully updated and restructured with 70% new material, PDM-3 presents important advances in multiaxial mental health diagnosis from a psychodynamic perspective, in dialogue with neuroscientific and cognitive-behavioral perspectives. Used worldwide, this authoritative manual offers an empirically based, clinically useful alternative or supplement to DSM and ICD descriptive and symptom-oriented diagnoses. PDM-3 guides the practitioner to develop a multilayered dimensional understanding of each patient, leading to a rich case formulation and flexible treatment plan. Leading international experts systematically address personality functioning, mental capacities, and symptomatic impairment in infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age, including jargon-free descriptions and clinical examples. The companion website provides additional, in depth case illustrations and five downloadable and reproducible PDM-derived rating scales. New to This Edition
- Restructured to follow development chronologically.
- Conceptual refinements, updated assessment tools, and expanded case material.
- Chapters on the transition from infancy to childhood and from adolescence to adulthood.
- Chapters on psychological experiences throughout the lifespan that are not captured by a diagnosis, but may require clinical attention.
Author: Vittorio Lingiardi
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Published: 1/6/2026
Pages: 1058
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 4.12 lbs
Size: 9.89" H x 7.06" L x 1.88" W
ISBN: 9781462558711
