"A Bridge Between Person-Based Versus Symptom-Based Nosology: A Clinica" by Eleonora Patriarca, Emanuela Brusadelli et al.
Abstract The Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual—Second Edition (PDM-2) stresses the importance of the integration between a descriptive and functional understanding of clinical phenomena in order to enhance a person-based nosology. The present article aims to discuss a clinical case of a patient suffering from generalized anxiety disorder, currently considered a controversial diagnosis, in order to illustrate some of the complexities and advantages of the PDM-2 model in the psychodiagnostic description, case formulation, and treatment planning. To do so, we applied the Psychodiagnostic Chartâ€...