title: The mental functioning axis of the psychodynamic diagnostic manual: an adolescent case study.
abstract: We describe the assessment of a troubled adolescent boy to demonstrate the use of the Shedler-Westen Assessment Profile for Adolescents (Westen, Dutra, & Shedler, 2005) and the Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale-Global (Westen, 1995) to formulate the Mental Functioning for Children and Adolescents Axis (MCA) of the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (PDM Task Force, 2006). The assessment made possible a meaningful psychodynamic therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine & Public Health Sciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, MI, USA. jporcer@med.wayne.edu
authors.forename: John H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Porcerelli
authors.forename: Rosemary
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cogan
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bambery
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D010551:Personality; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*