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)