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Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual: (PDM)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 616
EAN: 9780976775829
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0976775824
Label: Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual
Manufacturer: Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 600
Publication Date: May 28, 2006
Publisher: Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual
Studio: Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual
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Editorial Review:
This manual is based on current neuroscience and treatment outcome studies that demonstrate the importance of focusing on the full range and depth of emotional and social functioning. Beginning with a classification of the spectrum of personality patterns and disorders found in individuals and then describing a profile of mental functioning that permits a clinician to look in detail at each of the patient's capacities, the entries include a description of the patient's symptoms with a focus on the patient's internal experiences as well as surface behaviors. Intended to expand on the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)and ICD (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems) efforts in cataloging the symptoms and behaviors of mental health patients, this manual opens the door to a fuller understanding of the functioning of the mind, brain, and their development.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - A magnificent compendium
I found this manual a useful resource for the evaluation and treatment of our consultants.
It's also an invaluable aid for teaching psychotherapy.
As it presents personality traits as a continuum, with emphasis in healthy functional patterns and healthy personality, the comprehension of psychopatology results a dynamic process, not a cold list of symtoms.
Rating: - Extremely informative
I have found the manual very detailed and informative. A very useful resource to add to my reference library.
Rating:  - Very good complement for DSM
If you're anything like me (by like "me" I mean you're not necessarily fond of the DSMs) chances are you'd like this alternate classification. All of the heavyweight psychoanalysis organizations joined together to produce a diagnostic manual that takes into account the subjective experience of the patient, beyond the description of a general diagnosis. The reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is because I'd like it to have important information on transference and countertransference. Being created ... Read More
Rating: - PDM Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manuel
This is a long over due alternative to the DSMlV-R. The joint effort of six of the countries dynamically oriented professional organizations have led to a fully referenced and well thought out manual using a psychodynamic/psychoanalytical oreintation to understanding the patient.
Using a three axis model including Personality Patterns and Disorders,Mental Functioning axis and Subjective Experience to help the clinician organize the elements of the dynamic presentation of the patient Each axis ... Read More
Rating: - Psychology grasping the diagnostic nettle
This is a bold and accomplished attempt by the psychoanalytic collaborative to produce a diagnostic manual that respects the phenomenological astuteness of the DSM-IV-TR, whilst asssertively departing from it and offering a personality centred nosology for categorising psychological difficulties.
The PDM corrects what has long been the bain of psychologists and psychotherapists, namely, the DSM's prioritising of discreet Axis I disorders over an understanding of how these form a part of a ... Read More
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