MASTER CLINICIAN WORKSHOP
Introduction to the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (PDM):  Personality Diagnosis and Case Formulation

Saturday, April 14, 2007
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
University of Indianapolis / Good Hall / Recital Hall

Presenter:  Jonathan Shedler, Ph.D.
Jonathan Shedler, PhD, is a leading contributor to the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (PDM) and a member of the PDM Coordinating Committee. An internationally recognized expert on personality and personality disorders, Dr. Shedler is the first recipient of the Scientific Paper Prize of the American Psychoanalytic Association. He has authored more than forty articles in psychology, psychiatry, and psychoanalytic journals, and his work has been translated into eight languages.  He is coauthor, with Drew Westen, of the Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure (SWAP) for personality diagnosis. Dr. Shedler is director of Psychology and associate professor of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and teaches at the Denver Psychoanalytic Institute.

Workshop Description
The Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (PDM) is a collaborative effort of the five major psychoanalytic organizations. Conceived as an alternative to the symptom catalogue approach of DSM-IV, the PDM provides a framework for understanding both the deeper and surface levels of an individual’s personality, emotional, and social functioning. The PDM begins with the recognition that therapists treat people, not just symptoms. Hence, the PDM focuses on personality diagnosis and case formulation as the foundation of good treatment.

Workshop attendees learn to apply the PDM framework to diagnose personality patterns and disorders; learn to distinguish healthy, neurotic, and borderline levels of personality organization; learn about the scientific evidence for the psychodynamic personality theories described in the PDM; and refine case formulation skills through discussion of clinical cases presented by
workshop participants.

The PDM is a collaborative effort of:
1)  American Psychoanalytic Association
2)  International Psychoanalytical Association
3)  Division 39 of the American Psychological Association
4)  National Membership Committee on Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work
5)  American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry


Objectives

1)  Gain an overview of the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual and understand the clinical, theoretical, and scientific rationale for its development.

2)  Gain an overview of PDM personality patterns and disorders and understand the role of personality diagnosis in case formulation and treatment planning.

3)  Recognize distinguishing features of healthy, neurotic, and borderline levels of personality organization.

4)  Understand the scientific basis for psychoanalytic theories of personality.

5)  Learn about the Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure (SWAP) for personality diagnosis and its role in diagnosis, case formulation, and treatment outcome.

6)  Develop skills in psychodynamic case formulation and treatment planning through discussion of clinical cases and live supervision of cases presented by workshop participants.