▁or ▁her ▁prev ail ing ▁difficulties ". ▁ ▁The ▁task ▁force ▁con cludes , ▁" The ▁patient ▁may ▁evidence ▁a ▁few ▁or ▁many ▁patterns , ▁which ▁may ▁or ▁may ▁not ▁be ▁related , ▁and ▁which ▁should ▁be ▁seen ▁in ▁the ▁context ▁of ▁the ▁person ' s ▁person ality ▁and ▁mental ▁function ing . ▁ ▁The ▁multi ▁dimensional ▁approach ... ▁provides ▁a ▁system atic ▁way ▁to ▁describe ▁patients ▁that ▁is ▁faithful ▁to ▁their ▁complexity ▁and ▁helpful ▁in ▁planning ▁appropriate ▁treat ments ". ▁ ▁The ▁new ▁edition ▁( P DM - 2 ) ▁ ▁Gu il ford ▁Press ▁published ▁a ▁new ▁edition ▁of ▁the ▁Psych od ynamic ▁Di agnostic ▁Man ual ▁( P DM - 2 ), ▁developed ▁by ▁a ▁ste ering ▁committee ▁composed ▁by ▁Vitt orio ▁L ing i ardi ▁( Editor ), ▁Nancy ▁Mc Will iams ▁( Editor ), ▁and ▁Robert ▁S . ▁W aller stein ▁( H on or ary ▁Chair ). ▁Gu il ford ▁Press ▁received ▁a ▁manuscript ▁for ▁P DM - 2 ▁in ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁and ▁the ▁release ▁date ▁was ▁June ▁ 2 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁ ▁Like ▁the ▁P DM - 1 , ▁the ▁P DM - 2 ▁class ifies ▁patients ▁on ▁three ▁axes : ▁' P - Axis ▁- ▁Person ality ▁Sy nd rom es ', ▁' M - Axis ▁- ▁Pro files ▁of ▁M ental ▁Function ing ', ▁and ▁' S - Axis ▁- ▁Sym pt om ▁Pattern s : ▁The ▁Sub jective ▁Exper ience '. ▁The