Description: "Fully updated 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. It guides the practitioner to develop a multilayered dimensional understanding of each patient, leading to a rich case formulation and flexible treatment plan. Including jargon-free descriptions and clinical examples, PDM-3 is restructured to follow development chronologically, from infancy to old age"-- Provided by publisher.
Review Quotes: "The depth is impressive....Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through professionals/practitioners." (on the second edition)-- "Choice Reviews" (11/1/2017 12:00:00 AM)