Psychodynamic diagnostic guide. PDM-2

This diagnostic guide, based on psychodynamic clinical models and theories and oriented on the compilation of clinical formulation of the case and planning treatment, offers practicing specialists empirically substantiated and clinically confirmed alternative to such personality cards as “Diagnostic and statistical guides for mental disorders” (DSM) and “DSM) and“ DSM) and “DSM) and“ DSM) and “DSM) and“ DSM) and “DSM) and“ DSM) and “DSM) International Classification of Diseases ”(ICD).
Diagnostic model PDM-2 is designed to give a systematic description of the healthy functioning and personality disorders, individual mental functioning profiles (including patterns of relations with other people, understanding and expression of feelings, overcoming stress and anxiety, regulation of impulses, monitoring their own emotions and behavior and the formation of moral judgments, etc), as well as symptomed patterns, including differences in subjective experiences of symptoms with each person and in subjective experiences of attending therapists.
The book gives a detailed description of the problems of the functioning of the personality and psychological problems of infant, children"s, young, mature, elderly and senile ages, and many examples are given from practice.
The management is addressed to specialists of both psychodynamic and other approaches, including cognitive-behavioral, emotionally-phocked, systemic family, humanistic, etc. One of the main tasks of the authors of the book is helping beginner therapists