Dave Carlyle's interests are around advanced mental health nursing practice, case management and the development of contemporary care programmes for those with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).
His area of research is focussed on the application of Mentalization Based Treatment (psychotherapy) in conjunction with standard psychiatric treatment in the care of those with BPD.
He also maintains an interest in the social context of mental health nursing and discourse analysis.
He is co-convenor for three postgraduate mental health nursing papers.
- NURS 403 Mental Health Nursing Practice
- NURS 404 Advanced Mental Health Nursing Practice
- NURS 409 Speciality Entry to Mental Health Nursing Practice practicum paper
Dave is convenor for the multidisciplinary paper
In addition he provides supervision for Masters and PhD students.
He also holds a clinical position as a therapist with the Mindsight programme (for the treatment of BPD) with the Adult Community Psychiatric Service.