Rate My Professor David Carlyle

David Carlyle is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychological Medicine at the University of Otago's Christchurch campus, within the Faculty of Medicine. He possesses a PhD, a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences from the University of Otago, Registered Nurse credentials, and RCpN qualifications. Appointed Senior Lecturer in 2006, Carlyle maintains a dual academic and clinical role as a therapist in the Mindsight programme delivering treatment for borderline personality disorder in the Adult Community Psychiatric Service. In his teaching capacity, he co-convenes the postgraduate mental health nursing papers NURS 403, NURS 404, and NURS 409, and serves as convenor for the multidisciplinary paper PSME 405. Additionally, he supervises Master's and PhD students whose research pertains to mental health topics.

Carlyle's academic interests center on advanced mental health nursing practice, case management, and the creation of contemporary care programmes for individuals with borderline personality disorder, notably incorporating Mentalization-Based Treatment with routine psychiatric interventions. He further investigates the social dimensions of mental health nursing and utilizes discourse analysis methodologies. Prominent publications include 'Cognitive predictors of response to interpersonal and social rhythm therapy in mood disorders' (Groves et al., Bipolar Disorders, 2024), 'How men with disabilities create and reinforce their masculinity' (Ritchie, Crowe, & Carlyle, Journal of Men's Health, 2023), 'Psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy for treatment-resistant depression: Which psychotherapy?' and 'Experiences of psilocybin treatment for clinical conditions: A qualitative meta-synthesis' (Crowe et al., International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2023), 'Characteristics of effective teletherapy for major depression: A systematic review' (Crowe et al., Journal of Affective Disorders, 2023), 'A Randomized-Controlled Trial of Mentalization-Based Treatment Compared With Structured Case Management for Borderline Personality Disorder in a Mainstream Public Health Service' (2020), 'Models of care delivery in mental health nursing practice: a mixed methods study' (2012), and 'Places of safety? Fear and violence in acute mental health facilities' (2022). Carlyle acted as contact author for the Cochrane review on psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder. His contributions have accumulated around 700 citations.