Overview
Background
Urska Arnautovska is an early career clinical academic, working as a Research Fellow at the University of Queensland, Faculty of Medicine and as a general psychologist in private practice. Following her professional training in Slovenia, she focused her research on suicide which led her to receiving an appointment at the Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention (AISRAP), a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention and, since 2008, a National Centre of Excellence in Suicide Prevention. In addition to her research work, she acted as a research coordinator of the Life Promotion Clinic and was involved in the management and analysis of clinical data pertaining to the patients of the clinic, which presented with complex mental health problems and suicidal thoughts and behaviour. Her subsequent research remained focused on mental health, and in more recent years, become dedicated to improving health outcomes in people with severe mental illness. Her PhD, for which she received a competitive Griffith University International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (2012-2016), investigated the motivational processes underlying physical activity in older adults and was awarded the Australian Psychology Society (APS) Award for Excellent Higher Degree Thesis in Health Psychology. She has 48 peer-reviewed publications and has over $8.5 million in competitive research funding, with leading (CIA) roles on projects related to digital health interventions for people living with schizophrenia.
Availability
- Dr Urska Arnautovska is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Masters (Research) of Clinical Psychology, University of Ljubljana
Research interests
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Health behaviour change
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Severe mental illness
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Physical health co-morbidity
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Digital interventions
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Physical activity and exercise
Research impacts
Dr Arnautovska’s research work has been cited in a range of subject areas which expand over three times beyond the subject areas she had published in. Among the citing institutions are Health Education and Training Institute Higher Education, Ministry of Education China, Ministry for the Family, Italian Psychogeriatric Association, and Harvard Medical School. Her contribution to the evaluation of Queensland Community Care Units was cited in the report on models of care for Victorians living with severe and persistent mental illness, commissioned by the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System (2020).
Works
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2023
Journal Article
Optimising plasma clozapine levels to improve treatment response: an individual patient data meta-analysis and receiver operating characteristic curve analysis
Northwood, Korinne, Pearson, E., Arnautovska, U., Kisely, S., Pawar, M., Sharma, M., Vitangcol, K., Wagner, E., Warren, N. and Siskind, Dan (2023). Optimising plasma clozapine levels to improve treatment response: an individual patient data meta-analysis and receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 222 (6) PII S0007125023000272, 241-245. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2023.27
2023
Journal Article
Breast cancer treatment disparities in patients with severe mental illness: a systematic review and meta‐analysis
Kisely, Steve, Alotiby, Meshary Khaled N., Protani, Melinda M., Soole, Rebecca, Arnautovska, Urska and Siskind, Dan (2023). Breast cancer treatment disparities in patients with severe mental illness: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Psycho-Oncology, 32 (5), 651-662. doi: 10.1002/pon.6120
2023
Journal Article
A 40-year study of child maltreatment over the early life course predicting psychiatric morbidity, using linked birth cohort and administrative health data: protocol for the Childhood Adversity and Lifetime Morbidity (CALM) study
Kisely, Steve, Leske, Stuart, Arnautovska, Urska, Siskind, Dan, Northwood, Korinne, Warren, Nicola, Suetani, Shuichi and Najman, Jake Moses (2023). A 40-year study of child maltreatment over the early life course predicting psychiatric morbidity, using linked birth cohort and administrative health data: protocol for the Childhood Adversity and Lifetime Morbidity (CALM) study. BJPsych Open, 9 (2) e50, e50. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2023.29
2023
Journal Article
Comprehensive geriatric assessment for younger outpatients with severe mental illness: protocol for a feasibility study
Arnautovska, Urska, Siskind, Dan, Pearson, Ella, Baker, Andrea, Reid, Natasha, Kwan, Winona Wing Ling, Wang, Nancy, Gordon, Emily, Hubbard, Ruth and Warren, Nicola (2023). Comprehensive geriatric assessment for younger outpatients with severe mental illness: protocol for a feasibility study. BMJ open, 13 (2) e069518, e069518. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069518
2022
Journal Article
Biopsychology of physical activity in people with schizophrenia: an integrative perspective on barriers and intervention strategies
Arnautovska, Urska, Kesby, James P, Korman, Nicole, Rebar, Amanda L., Chapman, Justin, Warren, Nicola, Rossell, Susan L., Dark, Frances L. and Siskind, Dan (2022). Biopsychology of physical activity in people with schizophrenia: an integrative perspective on barriers and intervention strategies. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, Volume 18, 2917-2926. doi: 10.2147/ndt.s393775
2022
Conference Publication
Telemental Health Services on the Medicare Benefits Scheme: data from 2019 to 2021
Snoswell, Centaine L., Arnautovska, Urska, Haydon, Helen M., Siskind, Dan and Smith, Anthony (2022). Telemental Health Services on the Medicare Benefits Scheme: data from 2019 to 2021. The Successes and Failures in Telehealth (SFT) Conference 2022, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 9-11 November 2022. Australian Telehealth Society.
2022
Journal Article
Comparative effectiveness of integrated peer support and clinical staffing models for community-based residential mental health rehabilitation: a prospective observational study
Parker, Stephen, Arnautovska, U., Korman, N., Harris, M. and Dark, F. (2022). Comparative effectiveness of integrated peer support and clinical staffing models for community-based residential mental health rehabilitation: a prospective observational study. Community Mental Health Journal, 59 (3), 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s10597-022-01023-8
2022
Journal Article
Assessing the content validity of the revised health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS 2018)
Harris, Meredith G., Tapp, Caley, Arnautovska, Urska, Coombs, Tim, Dickson, Rosemary, James, Mick, Painter, Jon, Smith, Mark, Jury, Angela, Lai, Jennifer and Burgess, Philip M. (2022). Assessing the content validity of the revised health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS 2018). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (16) 9895, 1-13. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19169895
2022
Journal Article
Assessing the content validity of the revised Health of the Nation Outcome Scales 65+: the HoNOS Older Adults
Harris, Meredith G., Tapp, Caley, Arnautovska, Urska, Coombs, Tim, Dickson, Rosemary, Smith, Mark, Jury, Angela, Lai, Jennifer, James, Mick, Painter, Jon and Burgess, Philip M. (2022). Assessing the content validity of the revised Health of the Nation Outcome Scales 65+: the HoNOS Older Adults. BJPsych Bulletin, 47 (4), 1-8. doi: 10.1192/bjb.2022.37
2022
Journal Article
Frailty and Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Pearson, Ella, Siskind, Dan, Hubbard, Ruth, Gordon, Emily, Coulson, Elizabeth, Arnautovska, Urska and Warren, Nicola (2022). Frailty and Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Community Mental Health Journal, 59 (1), 1-5. doi: 10.1007/s10597-022-00998-8
2022
Journal Article
Increase in telemental health services on the Medicare Benefits Schedule after the start of the coronavirus pandemic: data from 2019 to 2021
Snoswell, Centaine L., Arnautovska, Urska, Haydon, Helen M., Siskind, Dan and Smith, Anthony C. (2022). Increase in telemental health services on the Medicare Benefits Schedule after the start of the coronavirus pandemic: data from 2019 to 2021. Australian Health Review, 46 (5), 544-549. doi: 10.1071/ah22078
2022
Conference Publication
Mental Telehealth Services on the Medicare Benefits Scheme 2019 to 2021
Snoswell, Centaine L., Arnautovska, Urska, Haydon, Helen M., Siskind, Dan and Smith, Anthony C. (2022). Mental Telehealth Services on the Medicare Benefits Scheme 2019 to 2021. University of Queensland Early Career Researcher Symposium 2022, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 18-19 May 2022. The University of Queensland.
2021
Journal Article
Does the clozapine/norclozapine ratio predict cognitive performance in patients with clozapine-resistant schizophrenia?
Arnautovska, Urska, Neill, Erica, Rossell, Susan L, Yolland, Caitlin, Galletly, Cherrie, Harris, Anthony, Castle, David J and Siskind, Dan (2021). Does the clozapine/norclozapine ratio predict cognitive performance in patients with clozapine-resistant schizophrenia?. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 56 (7) 00048674211062828, 48674211062828-878. doi: 10.1177/00048674211062828
2021
Journal Article
Psychological Autopsy: A Method to Assist in the Identification of Risk and Protective Factors for Intimate Partner Femicide
McPhedran, Samara, Eriksson, Li, Arnautovska, Urska, Mazerolle, Paul and Johnson, Holly (2021). Psychological Autopsy: A Method to Assist in the Identification of Risk and Protective Factors for Intimate Partner Femicide. Violence Against Women, 28 (5) 107780122110582, 1-17. doi: 10.1177/10778012211058214
2021
Other Outputs
Assessing the content validity of the revised Health of the Nation Outcome Scales 65+: the HoNOS Older Adults
Harris, Meredith , Tapp, Caley , Arnautovska, Urska , Coombs, Tim , Dickson, Rosemary , Smith, Mark , Jury, Angela , Lai, Jennifer , James, Mick , Painter, Jon and Burgess, Philip (2021). Assessing the content validity of the revised Health of the Nation Outcome Scales 65+: the HoNOS Older Adults. Sydney, Australia: Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classification Network.
2021
Other Outputs
Assessing the content validity of the revised Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS 2018)
Harris, Meredith , Tapp, Caley , Arnautovska, Urska , Coombs, Tim , Dickson, Rosemary , James, Mick , Painter, Jon , Smith, Mark , Jury, Angela , Lai, Jennifer and Burgess, Philip (2021). Assessing the content validity of the revised Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS 2018). Sydney, Australia: Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classification Network.
2021
Journal Article
The association between discontinuation of community treatment orders and outcomes in the 12-months following discharge from residential mental health rehabilitation
Parker, Stephen, Arnautovska, Urska, McKeon, Gemma and Kisely, Steve (2021). The association between discontinuation of community treatment orders and outcomes in the 12-months following discharge from residential mental health rehabilitation. International journal of law and psychiatry, 74 101664, 101664. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2020.101664
2020
Journal Article
Child and adult attachment styles among individuals who have committed filicide: the case for examining attachment by gender
Eriksson, L., Arnautovska, U., McPhedran, S., Mazerolle, P. and Wortley, R. (2020). Child and adult attachment styles among individuals who have committed filicide: the case for examining attachment by gender. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 20 (1), 63-79. doi: 10.1080/14999013.2020.1821128
2020
Journal Article
Predictors of unplanned discharge from community-based residential mental health rehabilitation for people affected by severe and persistent mental illness
Arnautovska, Urska, McKeon, Gemma, Dark, Frances, Siskind, Dan, Harris, Meredith and Parker, Stephen (2020). Predictors of unplanned discharge from community-based residential mental health rehabilitation for people affected by severe and persistent mental illness. Journal of Mental Health, 30 (4), 1-9. doi: 10.1080/09638237.2020.1755025
2020
Journal Article
Community-care unit model of residential mental health rehabilitation services in Queensland, Australia: predicting outcomes of consumers 1-year post discharge
Parker, S., Arnautovska, U., Siskind, D., Dark, F., McKeon, G., Korman, N. and Harris, M. (2020). Community-care unit model of residential mental health rehabilitation services in Queensland, Australia: predicting outcomes of consumers 1-year post discharge. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 29 e109, 1-11. doi: 10.1017/s2045796020000207
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Urska Arnautovska is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Master Philosophy
Food insecurity among people living with schizophrenia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Dan Siskind
Media
Enquiries
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- adaptive platform trials
- clinical designs
- co-design
- diabetes and mental health
- digital health
- health behaviour change
- holistic care
- lifestyle interventions
- motivation for physical activity
- physical comorbidity
- schizophrenia
- severe mental illness
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