I. Infancy and Early Childhood

1. Mental Health and Developmental Disorders in Infancy and Early Childhood—IEC 0–3, Anna Maria Speranza & Miriam Steele

2. From Infancy to Childhood, Anna Maria Speranza

II. Childhood

3. Profile of Mental Functioning in Childhood—MC Axis, Norka Malberg, Anna Maria Speranza, & Alexandro Fortunato

4. Levels of Emerging Personality Patterns and Difficulties in Childhood—PC Axis, Norka Malberg, Anna Maria Speranza, & Alexandro Fortunato

5. Child Symptom Patterns: The Subjective Experience—SC Axis, Anna Maria Speranza, Norka Malberg, & Alexandro Fortunato

6. Psychological Experiences That May Require Clinical Attention in Childhood, Anna Maria Speranza, Alexandro Fortunato, & Norka Malberg

III. Adolescence

7. Profile of Mental Functioning in Adolescents—MA Axis, Annalisa Tanzilli & Norka Malberg

8. Emerging Personality Styles and Disorders in Adolescence—PA Axis, Annalisa Tanzilli & Carla Sharp

9. Adolescent Symptom Patterns: The Subjective Experience—SA Axis, Annalisa Tanzilli & Mario Speranza

10. Psychological Experiences That May Require Clinical Attention in Adolescence, Annalisa Tanzilli & Guido Giovanardi

11. Psychodynamic Diagnostic Assessment in the Early Adult Years, Annalisa Tanzilli

IV. Adulthood

12. Personality Styles and Disorders—P Axis, Nancy McWilliams & Jonathan Shedler

13. Profile of Mental Functioning—M Axis, Vittorio Lingiardi, Laura Muzi, & Robert F. Bornstein

14. Symptom Patterns: The Subjective Experience—S Axis, Emanuela Mundo,Laura Muzi, & Vittorio Lingiardi

15. Psychological Experiences That May Require Clinical Attention, Vittorio Lingiardi & Nancy McWilliams

V. Older Adults

16. When Does Later Life Begin?, Franco Del Corno & Daniel Plotkin

17. Profile of Mental Functioning in Older Adults—MOA Axis, Franco Del Corno & Daniel Plotkin

18. Personality Styles and Disorders in Older Adults—POA Axis, Franco Del Corno & Daniel Plotkin

19. Symptom Patterns in Older Adults: The Subjective Experience—SOA Axis, Franco Del Corno & Daniel Plotkin

20. Psychological Experiences That May Require Clinical Attention in Older Adults, Franco Del Corno & Daniel Plotkin

VI. Assessment and Clinical Illustrations

21. Assessment within the PDM-3 Framework: The Psychodiagnostic Charts (PDCs), Vittorio Lingiardi & Nancy McWilliams

22. Clinical Illustrations and PDM-3 Profiles, Vittorio Lingiardi, Franco Del Corno, & Nancy McWilliams

Index