The Kleinian Psychoanalytic Diagnostic Scale (revised version): presentation and study of reliability.

The Kleinian Psychoanalytic Diagnostic Scale (KPDS) is a psychodiagnostic instrument of assessment based on the psychoanalytical theory of object relations. It was created in order to introduce an intrapsychic and relational dimension into the clinical research on and epidemiology of psychiatric diagnosis. It consists of 15 subscales grouped into the following four dimensions: "Ego Abilities'; "Projective Identification'; "Paranoid-Schizoid'; and "Depressive'.