The Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (PDM) and the PDM-2: opportunities to significantly affect the profession

Click on the DOI link to access the article (may not be free).In this article, we discuss the development of the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (PDM) and its upcoming revision, the PDM-2. We describe the processes by which the PDM-2 is being developed and highlight important differences across both editions. At the same time, we emphasize the value of assessing internalized experience and how that can be of use toward the diagnostic assessment process