Overview
Background
Nicola Warren is a neuropsychiatrist, Queensland Director of Psychiatry Training and the Mental Health Course Coordinator for the Medical School. In 2018, she established the Neuropsychiatric Service at Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services focusing on the psychiatric care of those with severe movement disorders, epilepsy and autoimmune encephalitis. She has undertaken a PhD in psychiatric clinical decision making in anti-NMDAR encephalitis and has been an international and national invited speaker in the area of autoimmune encephalitis. Nicola was awarded the Australian fellowship to the World Psychiatric Association 2020 and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Early Career Psychiatrist in 2019.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
- Fellow of the Aus & NZ College of Psychiatrists (Certificate Consultation Liaison Psychiatry)
- Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, James Cook University
Availability
- Associate Professor Nicola Warren is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Psychiatric Clinical Decision Making in Autoimmune Encephalitis
Psychiatric presentations of anti-NMDAR encephalitis; Role of autoimmune antibody testing in psychosis; Assessment of VGKC and GAD encephalitis in psychiatry; CSF studies in psychosis; Psychiatric treatment for autoimmune encephalitis
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Medical Morbidity in Severe Mental Illness
Frailty in severe mental illness; Co-morbidity and multi-morbidity; Physical health in those with treatment resistant schizophrenia
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Innovative Psychiatric Education
Interactive e-modules; Online patient simulation; Supervision in psychiatry; Psychiatric formulation
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Efficacy and safety of semaglutide versus placebo for people with schizophrenia on clozapine with obesity (COaST): a phase 2, multi-centre, participant and investigator- blinded, randomised controlled trial in Australia
Siskind, Dan, Baker, Andrea, Arnautovska, Urska, Warren, Nicola, Russell, Anthony, DeMonte, Veronica, Halstead, Sean, Iyer, Ravi, Korman, Nicole, McKeon, Gemma, Medland, Sarah, Parker, Stephen, Stedman, Terry and Trott, Mike (2025). Efficacy and safety of semaglutide versus placebo for people with schizophrenia on clozapine with obesity (COaST): a phase 2, multi-centre, participant and investigator- blinded, randomised controlled trial in Australia. The Lancet Psychiatry, 12 (7), 493-503. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(25)00129-4
2025
Journal Article
Consumers' Perspectives on the Design of a New Digital Frailty Education Course, ‘Focus on Frailty’: A Qualitative Co‐Design Study
Ludlow, Kristiana, Logan, Benignus, Arora, Jhalak, Martin, Sarah, Miller, Elizabeth, Hubbard, Ruth E., Warren, Nicola, Gallagher, Olivia and Saunders, Rosemary (2025). Consumers' Perspectives on the Design of a New Digital Frailty Education Course, ‘Focus on Frailty’: A Qualitative Co‐Design Study. Health Expectations, 28 (3) e70287, e70287-3. doi: 10.1111/hex.70287
2025
Journal Article
Outcomes of a pilot feasibility study of comprehensive geriatric assessment for younger frail patients with severe mental illness
Arnautovska, Urska, Soole, Rebecca, Wing Ling Kwan, Winona, Reid, Natasha, Baker, Andrea, Gordon, Emily H., Hubbard, Ruth E., Siskind, Dan and Warren, Nicola (2025). Outcomes of a pilot feasibility study of comprehensive geriatric assessment for younger frail patients with severe mental illness. BMC Psychiatry, 25 (1) 473. doi: 10.1186/s12888-025-06830-3
2025
Journal Article
Relationship between blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier integrity, cardiometabolic, and inflammatory factors in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders
Yakimov, Vladislav, Jäger, Iris, Roell, Lukas, Boudriot, Emanuel, Meisinger, Verena, Campana, Mattia, Krčmář, Lenka, Halstead, Sean, Warren, Nicola, Siskind, Dan, Maurus, Isabel, Hasan, Alkomiet, Falkai, Peter, Schmitt, Andrea, Raabe, Florian J., Keeser, Daniel, Wagner, Elias and Moussiopoulou, Joanna (2025). Relationship between blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier integrity, cardiometabolic, and inflammatory factors in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health, 47 101024, 101024-47. doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2025.101024
2025
Journal Article
Suicide methods and severe mental illness: a systematic review and meta‐analysis
Trott, M., Suetani, S., Arnautovska, U., Kisely, S., Kar Ray, M., Theodoros, T., Le, V., Leske, S., Lu, M., Soole, R., Warren, N. and Siskind, D. (2025). Suicide methods and severe mental illness: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 151 (4), 467-484. doi: 10.1111/acps.13759
2025
Journal Article
‘Focus on Frailty’: Co-Designing Digital Frailty Education with Healthcare Students
Ludlow, Kristiana, Martin, Sarah, Logan, Benignus, Hubbard, Ruth, Warren, Nicola, Gallagher, Olivia, Kwok, Bonnie and Saunders, Rosemary (2025). ‘Focus on Frailty’: Co-Designing Digital Frailty Education with Healthcare Students. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, Volume 18, 2305-2317. doi: 10.2147/jmdh.s511359
2025
Journal Article
INTEGRATE: international guidelines for the algorithmic treatment of schizophrenia
McCutcheon, Robert A, Pillinger, Toby, Varvari, Ioana, Halstead, Sean, Ayinde, Olatunde O, Crossley, Nicolás A, Correll, Christoph U, Hahn, Margaret, Howes, Oliver D, Kane, John M, Kabir, Thomas, Konradsson-Geuken, Åsa, Lennox, Belinda, Hui, Christy Lai Ming, Rossell, Susan L, Solmi, Marco, Sommer, Iris E, Taipale, Heidi, Uchida, Hiroyuki, Venkatasubramanian, Ganesan, Warren, Nicola, Agid, Ofer, Arango, Celso, de Bartolomeis, Andrea, Bittner, Robert A, Bressan, Rodrigo A, Buchanan, Robert W, Cecere, Giacomo, Chen, Eric Y H ... Siskind, Dan (2025). INTEGRATE: international guidelines for the algorithmic treatment of schizophrenia. The Lancet Psychiatry, 12 (5), 384-394. doi: 10.1016/s2215-0366(25)00031-8
2024
Journal Article
Investigation of choroid plexus variability in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders—insights from a multimodal study
Yakimov, Vladislav, Moussiopoulou, Joanna, Roell, Lukas, Kallweit, Marcel S., Boudriot, Emanuel, Mortazavi, Matin, Papiol, Sergi, Krčmář, Lenka, Campana, Mattia, Schulte, Eva C., Glaichenhaus, Nicolas, Martinuzzi, Emanuela, Halstead, Sean, Warren, Nicola, Siskind, Dan, Maurus, Isabel, Hasan, Alkomiet, Falkai, Peter, Schmitt, Andrea, Raabe, Florian J., CDP Working Group, de Almeida, Valéria, Behrens, Stephanie, Dengl, Fanny, Falkai, Peter, Fischer, Laura E., Gabellini, Nadja, Gabriel, Vanessa, Geyer, Thomas ... Wagner, Elias (2024). Investigation of choroid plexus variability in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders—insights from a multimodal study. Schizophrenia, 10 (1) 121, 1-9. doi: 10.1038/s41537-024-00543-4
2024
Journal Article
The association between respiratory failure and psychotropic medications: A systematic review
Winter, Sara, Lee, Kyung Rok, Fung, Edward, Kirkpatrick, Tara, Winckel, Karl, Tanzer, Timothy, Warren, Nicola, Siskind, Dan and Ellender, Claire Michelle (2024). The association between respiratory failure and psychotropic medications: A systematic review. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 180, 121-130. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.10.003
2024
Journal Article
Clozapine rechallenge following myocarditis: a systematic review and rechallenge protocol
McMahon, Laura, Giudice, Maddison, Wagner, Elias, Hasan, Alkomiet, Burrage, Matthew K., Amarena, John, Fox, Cooper, Winckel, Karl, Tanzer, Timothy, Smith, Lesley, Warren, Nicola, Siskind, Dan and Korman, Nicole (2024). Clozapine rechallenge following myocarditis: a systematic review and rechallenge protocol. CNS Spectrums, 29 (6), 585-592. doi: 10.1017/S1092852924002219
2024
Journal Article
Antipsychotic medications and risk of respiratory failure in the respiratory high dependency unit
Winter, Sara, Kirkpatrick, Tara, Winckel, Karl, Honarparvar, Faraz, Robinson, Lewis, Tanzer, Timothy, Smith, Lesley, Warren, Nicola, Siskind, Dan and Ellender, Claire Michelle (2024). Antipsychotic medications and risk of respiratory failure in the respiratory high dependency unit. BJPsych open, 10 (6) e211, 1-6. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2024.773
2024
Journal Article
Emergency department presentations and admission for common mental disorders following agency-notified child maltreatment at 40-year follow-up: results from the Childhood Adversity and Lifetime Morbidity study
Kisely, Steve, Bull, Claudia, Trott, Mike, Arnautovska, Urska, Siskind, Dan, Warren, Nicola and Najman, Jake Moses (2024). Emergency department presentations and admission for common mental disorders following agency-notified child maltreatment at 40-year follow-up: results from the Childhood Adversity and Lifetime Morbidity study. BJPsych Open, 10 (6) e220, 1-7. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2024.776
2024
Journal Article
Efficacy of user self-led and human-supported digital health interventions for people with schizophrenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Arnautovska, Urska, Trott, Mike, Vitangcol, Kathryn Jemimah, Milton, Alyssa, Brown, Ellie, Warren, Nicola, Leucht, Stefan, Firth, Joseph and Siskind, Dan (2024). Efficacy of user self-led and human-supported digital health interventions for people with schizophrenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Schizophrenia Bulletin sbae143. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbae143
2024
Journal Article
Protocol for Cancloz: multicentre randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind, parallel-group adaptive trial of cannabidiol for clozapine-resistant schizophrenia
Siskind, Dan, Bull, Claudia, Suetani, Shuichi, Warren, Nicola, Suraev, Anastasia, McGregor, Iain, Kisely, Steve, De Monte, Veronica, Trott, Mike, Shine, Manju, Moudgil, Vikas, Robinson, Gail, Parker, Stephen, Krishnaiah, Ravikumar, Stedman, Terry, Drummond, Allan, Medland, Sarah, Iyer, Ravi and Baker, Andrea (2024). Protocol for Cancloz: multicentre randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind, parallel-group adaptive trial of cannabidiol for clozapine-resistant schizophrenia. BJPsych Open, 10 (5) e156, 1-7. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2024.748
2024
Conference Publication
Is age of onset still younger in bipolar than unipolar depression, when mid-life and late-life onset cases are excluded? A systematic review and meta-analysis
Hopkins, Kristen, Ratheesh, Aswin, Siskind, Dan, Panjanani, Lehak, Restuccia, Stefan, McMahon, Laura, Philips, Elise, Falconer, Murray, Lind, Penelope, Warren, Nicola and Medland, Sarah (2024). Is age of onset still younger in bipolar than unipolar depression, when mid-life and late-life onset cases are excluded? A systematic review and meta-analysis. 26th Annual Conference of the International-Society-for-Bipolar-Disorders (ISBD), Reykjavik Iceland, Sep 29-Oct 01, 2024. HOBOKEN: WILEY.
2024
Journal Article
Achieving gender equity in academic psychiatry – barriers to involvement and solutions for success
Galbally, Megan, Kotze, Beth, Bell, Caroline, Quadrio, Carolyn, Galletly, Cherrie, Herrman, Helen, Milroy, Helen, Curtis, Jackie, Green, Jessica, Power, Josephine, Hope, Judy, Sevar, Katherine, Dean, Kimberlie, Northwood, Korinne, Lampe, Lisa, Kalucy, Megan, Korman, Nicole, Lautenschlager, Nicola, Warren, Nicola, Chua, Phyllis, Anglin, Rebecca, De Alwis Seneviratne, Ruwanthi, Loi, Samantha, Burton, Sara, Arunogiri, Shalini and Morgan, Shirlony (2024). Achieving gender equity in academic psychiatry – barriers to involvement and solutions for success. Australasian Psychiatry, 32 (6), 563-567. doi: 10.1177/10398562241268362
2024
Journal Article
Hospital admissions and community health service contacts for mental illness following self-reported child maltreatment: results from the Childhood Adversity and Lifetime Morbidity (CALM) study
Trott, Mike, Bull, Claudia, Najman, Jake Moses, Arnautovska, Urska, Siskind, Dan, Warren, Nicola and Kisely, Steve (2024). Hospital admissions and community health service contacts for mental illness following self-reported child maltreatment: results from the Childhood Adversity and Lifetime Morbidity (CALM) study. Child Abuse and Neglect, 154 106912, 106912. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106912
2024
Journal Article
Association of symptom severity and cerebrospinal fluid alterations in recent onset psychosis in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders – An individual patient data meta-analysis
Campana, Mattia, Yakimov, Vladislav, Moussiopoulou, Joanna, Maurus, Isabel, Löhrs, Lisa, Raabe, Florian, Jäger, Iris, Mortazavi, Matin, Benros, Michael E., Jeppesen, Rose, Meyer zu Hörste, Gerd, Heming, Michael, Giné-Servén, Eloi, Labad, Javier, Boix, Ester, Lennox, Belinda, Yeeles, Ksenija, Steiner, Johann, Meyer-Lotz, Gabriela, Dobrowolny, Henrik, Malchow, Berend, Hansen, Niels, Falkai, Peter, Siafis, Spyridon, Leucht, Stefan, Halstead, Sean, Warren, Nicola, Siskind, Dan, Strube, Wolfgang ... Wagner, Elias (2024). Association of symptom severity and cerebrospinal fluid alterations in recent onset psychosis in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders – An individual patient data meta-analysis. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 119, 353-362. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2024.04.011
2024
Journal Article
Experiences of individuals presenting to the emergency department for mental health reasons: A systematic mixed studies review
Bull, Claudia, Goh, Jia Yin, Warren, Nicola and Kisely, Steve (2024). Experiences of individuals presenting to the emergency department for mental health reasons: A systematic mixed studies review. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58 (10), 48674241259918-856. doi: 10.1177/00048674241259918
2024
Journal Article
Prevalence of multimorbidity in people with and without severe mental illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Halstead, Sean, Cao, Chester, Høgnason Mohr, Grímur, Ebdrup, Bjørn H., Pillinger, Toby, McCutcheon, Robert A., Firth, Joseph, Siskind, Dan and Warren, Nicola (2024). Prevalence of multimorbidity in people with and without severe mental illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Psychiatry, 11 (6), 431-442. doi: 10.1016/s2215-0366(24)00091-9
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Nicola Warren is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Master Philosophy
The Role and Impact of Culture and Language in Mental Health and Mental Health Care
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Dan Siskind
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Doctor Philosophy
Quality and Safe Use of Clozapine
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Michael Barras, Professor Steve Kisely, Professor Dan Siskind
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Doctor Philosophy
Multi-morbidity among people living with severe mental illness
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Steve Kisely, Professor Dan Siskind
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Doctor Philosophy
Co-designing online learning modules to increase knowledge and understanding of frailty amongst health professionals and students
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Kristiana Ludlow
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Doctor Philosophy
Management of myocarditis among people with schizophrenia commencing clozapine
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Dan Siskind
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Doctor Philosophy
Barriers to the optimal assessment, diagnosis and management of treatment-resistant schizophrenia in Australian children and adolescents.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Stephen Parker, Professor James Scott
Media
Enquiries
Contact Associate Professor Nicola Warren directly for media enquiries about:
- autoimmune encephalitis
- health professional education
- neuropsychiatry
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