Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis OPD-3

The Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis (OPD) is a multiaxial psychodynamic diagnostic system that has become a widely accepted standard in psychodynamic diagnostics for clinical practice and research in many countries. Numerous empirical studies have demonstrated the validity of OPD findings.

Through its clear operationalization of essential components of psychodynamic models – subjective experiences of illness and treatment ideas, problematic relationship patterns, intrapsychic conflicts, and personality functioning (i.e., structural integration) – the OPD enables reliable assessment, which is further aided by a wealth of case examples and working materials. The OPD-3 is organized in four axes:

• Axis I: Mental Disorders, Experience of Illness, and Prerequisites for Treatment

• Axis II: Interpersonal relations

• Axis III: Conflict

• Axis IV: Structure