Vittorio Lingiardi, MD, is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. He is Full Professor of Dynamic Psychology and past Director (2006-2013) of the Clinical Psychology Specialization Program in the Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology of the Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. His research interests include diagnostic assessment and treatment of personality disorders, process-outcome research in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, and gender identity and sexual orientation. He has published widely on these topics, including articles in the American Journal of Psychiatry, World Psychiatry, International Journal of Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Psychotherapy, Psychotherapy Research, and Psychoanalytic Psychology. Dr. Lingiardi is the recipient of several awards, including the Ralph Roughton Paper Award from the American Psychoanalytic Association, the Cesare Musatti Award from the Italian Psychoanalytic Society, and the Research Award from the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology (Division 39 of the American Psychological Association), and the Sigourney Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychoanalysis.

Nancy McWilliams, PhD, ABPP, is Visiting Professor Emerita in the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and has a private practice in Lambertville, New Jersey. She is author of Psychoanalytic Diagnosis, Second Edition; Psychoanalytic Case Formulation; Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy; and Psychoanalytic Supervision; and is coeditor of Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual, Second Edition. She is a past president of the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology, Division 39 of the American Psychological Association (APA), and is on the editorial board of Psychoanalytic Psychology. A graduate of the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis, Dr. McWilliams is also affiliated with the Center for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis of New Jersey, and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. She is the recipient of honors including the Gradiva Award from the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis; the Goethe Scholarship Award from the Section on Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Psychology of the Canadian Psychological Association; the Rosalee Weiss Award from the Division of Independent Practitioners of the APA; the Laughlin Distinguished Teacher Award from the American Society of Psychoanalytic Physicians; the Hans H. Strupp Award from the Appalachian Psychoanalytic Society; and the International, Leadership, and Scholarship Awards from APA Division 39. Dr. McWilliams is an honorary member of the American Psychoanalytic Association, the Moscow Psychoanalytic Society, the Institute for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of Turin, Italy, and the Warsaw Scientific Association for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. Her writings have been translated into 20 languages.

Introduction, Vittorio Lingiardi & Nancy McWilliams
I. Adulthood
1. Personality Syndromes-P Axis, Nancy McWilliams & Jonathan Shedler
2. Profile of Mental Functioning--M Axis, Vittorio Lingiardi & Robert F. Bornstein
3. Symptom Patterns: The Subjective Experience-S Axis, Emanuela Mundo & John Allison O'Neil
II. Adolescence
4. Profile of Mental Functioning for Adolescents-MA Axis, Mario Speranza & Nick Midgley
5. Emerging Personality Patterns and Syndromes in Adolescence-PA Axis, Johanna C. Malone & Norka Malberg
6. Adolescent Symptom Patterns: The Subjective Experience-SA Axis, Mario Speranza
III. Childhood
7. Profile of Mental Functioning for Children-MC Axis, Norka Malberg & Larry Rosenberg
8. Emerging Personality Patterns and Difficulties in Childhood-PC Axis, Norka Malberg, Larry Rosenberg, & Johanna C. Malone
9. Child Symptom Patterns: The Subjective Experience-SC Axis, Norka Malberg & Larry Rosenberg
IV. Infancy and Early Childhood
10. Mental Health and Developmental Disorders in Infancy and Early Childhood-IEC 0-3, Anna Maria Speranza & Linda Mayes
V. Later Life
11. Introduction to Part V, Franco Del Corno & Daniel Plotkin
12. Profile of Mental Functioning for the Elderly-ME Axis, Franco Del Corno & Daniel Plotkin
13. Personality Patterns and Syndromes in the Elderly-PE Axis, Franco Del Corno & Daniel Plotkin
14. Symptom Patterns in the Elderly: The Subjective Experience-SE Axis, Franco Del Corno & Daniel Plotkin
VI. Assessment and Clinical Illustrations
15. Assessment within the PDM-2 Framework, Sherwood Waldron, Robert M. Gordon, & Francesco Gazzillo
16. Clinical Illustrations and PDM-2 Profiles, Franco Del Corno, Vittorio Lingiardi, & Nancy McWilliams
Appendix. Psychodiagnostic Charts (PDCs)