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The aim of this course is to illustrate how to manage an assessment process leading to psychological di-agnosis and case formulation, combining the complexity of clinical observation and the use of valid and reliable assessment instruments, the demands of clinical practice and the needs of research. Diagnostic assessment of clinical syndromes - with emphasis on personality and its disorders – will be treated in the broader context of psychodynamic psychopathology. The major classification systems of mental disorders (DSM-5-TR, ICD-11, PDM-2 and PDM-3) and the most recent procedures for assessing per-sonality and psychological and relational functioning (SWAP-200 and SWAP-II) will be described, with particular attention on treatment. Course aims By the end of the course, students will have acquired the basic and necessary knowledge to: a) navigate different diagnostic models in the assessment of personality and psychopathology; b) choose and select the assessment methods and nosographic systems that best meet the different needs of various applica-tion contexts (clinical, research, epidemiological, etc.). Laboratory aims Discussion, supervision and practical application of the instruments studied will be conducted during the laboratory, so that students can acquire professionalizing skills in the field of psychodiagnostic as-sessment. General aims The course is primarily aimed at providing students with the theoretical and practical knowledge that would help them conduct an assessment process useful for diagnosing, developing case formulations, and planning successful treatments; in other words, an assessment process that reflects the effort to promote a diagnostic approach that bridges the gap between clinical complexity (idiographic) and no-sographic systems (nomothetic). In detail, the course aims to furnish students with the necessary and most up-to-date knowledge to: a) navigate the main diagnostic systems (DSM-5-TR, PDM-2 and PDM-3, SWAP-200 and SWAP-II) and psychopathological pictures; b) conduct a psychodynamic assessment of personality and its disorders; (c) select the most appropriate assessment procedures and nosographic systems in relation to different contexts (clinical, research, etc.); (d) deepen an updated reflection on issues related to the construction of identity in the relational and social context. The expected learning outcomes are: skills in clinical and diagnostic assessment of individual mental capacities, as well as in the choice of patient-tailored treatments. Frontal classes provide students with fundamental knowledge of the assessment of psychological func-tioning, including cognitive, affective and relational patterns. Laboratory activities promote the acquisition of professional skills aimed at using empirically validated tools, methods, and procedures suitable for conducting an accurate assessment process. Specific aims Knowledge and understanding Passing the exam guarantees students’ knowledge of the main diagnostic classification systems and their psychopathological pictures, as well as the most widely used assessment procedures of personali-ty, mental capacities, and symptom patterns. Applying knowledge and understanding Passing the exam guarantees students the ability to use methods and procedures of clinical-diagnostic assessment in various domains (clinical practice, empirical research, ecc.), in line with the distinctive areas on which the Master’s Degree "Dynamic Psychopathology and Clinical Relationships in Evolu-tional Age and Adults" is based. Making judgments Passing the exam enables students to develop informed judgments about the appropriateness of as-sessment tools and methods based on different methodologies and applied in different context; these skills allow them to identify the strengths and potential limitations of these measures. Students’ abilities will be acquired through case discussions, video of clinical interviews or movies, and practical exercises during the laboratory. Communication skills Passing the exam requires students to acquire effective communication skills. These skills will be achieved during frontal lectures and laboratory sessions through learning both "technical" diagnostic language and non-jargon communication skills useful for patient relationship. Learning skills Passing the exam involves the acquisition of learning skills that will allow students to deepen, in the course of their academic and professional careers, the knowledge of the most relevant diagnostic mod-els, and to acquire skills on the most widespread assessment procedures of personality and individual mental functioning. These skills will be acquired, in different ways, both during frontal classes and the laboratory sessions, dedicated in particular to the discussion of clinical cases. Prerequisites Useful prerequisites for a better understanding of teaching content and more effective learning are: a) basic knowledge in the area of general psychopathology [important]; b) basic knowledge related to the most widely used nosographic systems for assessing mental disorders [useful]; basic knowledge of the main methods and procedures of diagnostic assessment of individual mental functioning most com-monly used in clinical and research settings [important].