– Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) provide a useful tool for measuring the burden of mental disorders and the outcome of interventions. According to this measurement, mental disorders are expected to represent 15% of the global burden of disease by 2020. – Other tools are needed to measure other key factors such as the impact of social and economic conditions on mental health, the biologi...

implement and evaluate care for patients who, in other settings, would be nursed by nurses who are on different parts of the UKCC Register. In her foreword to the report, UKCC president Alison Norman says: ‘Secure environments are among the most challenging arenas in which any registered nurse must work.’ She added: ‘The UKCC recognises the important role played by nurses in both the physical h...