For decades many clinicians, especially psychodynamic and humanistic therapists, have
resisted thinking about their patients in terms of categorical diagnoses. In the current era …

This article reviews the development of the second edition of the Psychodynamic Diagnostic
Manual, the PDM-2. We begin by placing the PDM in historical context, describing the …

Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis (OPD) is a form of multiaxial diagnostic and
classification system based on psychodynamic principles, analogous to those based on …

It is difficult to improve on a classic, but the fifth edition of Psychodynamic Psychiatry in
Clinical Practice does just that, offering the updates readers expect with a deft …

A survey of psychologists' attitudes toward the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders–5 (DSM-5), and its alternatives was conducted. Almost 90% of psychologists …

In this paper, we present a multiaxial system for psychodynamic diagnosis, which has
attained wide usage in Germany in the last 10 years. First we will discuss the 4 …

IV; American Psychiatric Association (APA) 1994], the DSM-IV Task Force commissioned the
review of literatures pertaining to a vast array of psyc! hological disorders from a variety of …

The process of constructing the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013) has concluded, with the …

Fully revised to incorporate DSM-5™ criteria and informed by the most current research in its
discussions of diagnosis and treatment Now in a second edition, Psychopathology: History …

Reflects the dissatisfaction of a growing number of mental health care professionals who
question the lack of strong empirical foundations in the DSM and who are confounded by its …