Associate Professor Nicola Warren
Mayne Associate Professor and Head, Mayne Academy of Psychiatry
Medical School
Researcher biography
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
Journal Articles
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Tanzer, Timothy, Pham, Betty, Warren, Nicola, Barras, Michael, Kisely, Steve and Siskind, Dan (2024). Overcoming clozapine’s adverse events: a narrative review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Expert Opinion on Drug Safety, 23 (7), 811-831. doi: 10.1080/14740338.2024.2362796
Tanham, Maya, Chen, Renee, Warren, Nicola, Heussler, Helen and Scott, James G. (2024). The effectiveness and tolerability of pharmacotherapy for psychosis in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome: A systematic review. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58 (5), 393-403. doi: 10.1177/00048674241233118
Kisely, Steve, Arnautovska, Urska, Siskind, Dan, Warren, Nicola and Najman, Jake Moses (2024). Admissions for psychosis following agency-notified child maltreatment at 40-year-follow-up: results from the Childhood Adversity and Lifetime Morbidity (CALM) cohort. Schizophrenia Research, 267, 247-253. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2024.03.040
Warren, Nicola, McKeon, Gemma and Scott, James G. (2024). Replacing universal anti-neuronal antibody screening with clinical assessment and testing of high probability cases in psychotic disorders. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58 (6), 453-456. doi: 10.1177/00048674241249575
Bull, Claudia, Trott, Mike, Najman, Jake Moses, Arnautovska, Urska, Siskind, Dan, Warren, Nicola and Kisely, Steve (2024). Associations between child maltreatment and hospital admissions for alcohol and other substance use‐related disorders up to 40 years of age: results from the Childhood Adversity and Lifetime Morbidity study. Addiction, 119 (7), 1-11. doi: 10.1111/add.16479
Halstead, Sean, Sartorius, Norman, Every-Palmer, Susanna, Siddiqi, Najma, de Girolamo, Giovanni, Siskind, Dan and Warren, Nicola (2024). Physical multimorbidity and mental illness: A global challenge. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58 (4), 293-296. doi: 10.1177/00048674241235587
Warren, Nicola, O'Gorman, Cullen, Horgan, Isabelle, Weeratunga, Milleni, Halstead, Sean, Moussiopoulou, Joanna, Campana, Mattia, Yakimov, Vladislav, Wagner, Elias and Siskind, Dan (2024). Inflammatory cerebrospinal fluid markers in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 69 studies with 5710 participants. Schizophrenia Research, 266, 24-31. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2024.02.001
Kisely, S., Bull, C., Trott, M., Arnautovska, U., Siskind, D., Warren, N. and Najman, J. Moses (2024). Emergency department presentations for deliberate self-harm and suicidal ideation in 25–39 years olds following agency-notified child maltreatment: results from the Childhood Adversity and Lifetime Morbidity (CALM) study. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 33 e18, 1-7. doi: 10.1017/s2045796024000192
Northwood, Korinne, Eggleston, Katherine, Every-Palmer, Susanna, Galbally, Megan, Warren, Nicola, Berk, Michael, Gill, Neeraj, Siskind, Dan and Suetani, Shuichi (2024). Research Letter: The state of academic psychiatry in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia: Data from a survey of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists membership. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58 (6), 48674241240592-539. doi: 10.1177/00048674241240592
Gandar, Christopher, Scott, James G. and Warren, Nicola (2023). Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and psychotic disorders: a systematic review. The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 25 (2), 151-159. doi: 10.1080/15622975.2023.2290563
Northwood, Korinne, Warren, Nicola, Cutbush, Jimsie and Parker, Stephen (2023). A guide to support trainee’s success in the psychotherapy written case submission. Australasian Psychiatry, 31 (6), 730-733. doi: 10.1177/10398562231196684
Northwood, Korinne, Myles, Nicholas, Clark, Scott R, Every-Palmer, Susanna, Myles, Hannah, Kisely, Steve, Warren, Nicola and Siskind, Dan (2023). Evaluating the epidemiology of clozapine-associated neutropenia among people on clozapine across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand: a retrospective cohort study. The Lancet Psychiatry, 11 (1), 27-35. doi: 10.1016/s2215-0366(23)00343-7
Warren, Nicola, Leske, Stuart, Arnautovska, Urska, Northwood, Korinne, Kisely, Steve and Siskind, Dan (2023). Prevalence of frailty in severe mental illness: findings from the UK Biobank. BJPsych Open, 9 (6) e185, 1-7. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2023.580
Arnautovska, Urska, Vitangcol, Kathryn, Kesby, James P., Warren, Nicola, Rossell, Susan L., Neill, Erica, Harris, Anthony, Galletly, Cherrie, Castle, David and Siskind, Dan (2023). Verbal and visual learning ability in patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia: a 1-year follow-up study. Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, 33 100283, 100283. doi: 10.1016/j.scog.2023.100283
Halstead, Sean, Siskind, Dan and Warren, Nicola (2023). Making meaning of multimorbidity and severe mental illness: a viewpoint. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58 (1), 12-20. doi: 10.1177/00048674231195560
Kaazan, P., Seow, W., Tan, Z., Logan, H., Philpott, H., Huynh, D., Warren, N., McIvor, C., Holtmann, G., Clark, S.R. and Tse, E. (2023). Deliberate foreign body ingestion in patients with underlying mental illness: A retrospective multicentre study. Australasian Psychiatry, 31 (5), 619-624. doi: 10.1177/10398562231189431
Siskind, Dan, Baker, Andrea, Russell, Anthony, Warren, Nicola, Robinson, Gail, Parker, Stephen, Medland, Sarah, Kisely, Steve, Hager, Tineka and Arnautovska, Urska (2023). Effects of semaglutide on body weight in clozapine-treated people with schizophrenia and obesity: study protocol for a placebo-controlled, randomised multicentre trial (COaST). BJPsych Open, 9 (4) e136, 1-6. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2023.532
Tanzer, Timothy, Warren, Nicola, McMahon, Laura, Barras, Michael, Kisely, Steve, Brooks, Emily, Wong, Emily and Siskind, Dan (2023). Treatment strategies for clozapine-induced nocturnal enuresis and urinary incontinence. CNS Spectrums, 28 (2), 133-144. doi: 10.1017/S1092852922000050
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
Halstead, S., Siskind, D., Amft, M., Wagner, E., Yakimov, V., Liu, Z., Walder, K. and Warren, N. (2023). Alterations in peripheral levels of cytokines and associated inflammatory markers in acute and chronic stages of schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. European Psychiatry, 66 (S1), S487-S488. doi: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2023.1042
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
Halstead, Sean, Siskind, Dan, Amft, Michaela, Wagner, Elias, Yakimov, Vladislav, Shih-Jung Liu, Zoe, Walder, Ken and Warren, Nicola (2023). Alteration patterns of peripheral concentrations of cytokines and associated inflammatory proteins in acute and chronic stages of schizophrenia: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. The Lancet Psychiatry, 10 (4), 260-271. doi: 10.1016/s2215-0366(23)00025-1
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
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
Parker, Stephen, Nhieu, Kitty, Warren, Nicola, Dark, Frances, Cutbush, Jimsie and Suetani, Shuichi (2022). Formulation in psychiatry – a guide to developing competence. Australasian Psychiatry, 31 (1), 99-104. doi: 10.1177/10398562221135996
Lupke, Katie, Warren, Nicola, Teodorczuk, Andrew, Steele, Sarah, Kolur, Uday, Wand, Anne, Robinson, Gail and Parker, Stephen (2022). A systematic review of modified electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) to treat delirium. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 147 (5), 403-419. doi: 10.1111/acps.13492
Ford, Hannah, Griffith, Sarah, Warren, Nicola, Swayne, Adrew, Blum, Stefan, Butzkueven, Helmut, O'Brien, Terence J., Velakoulis, Dennis, Kulkarni, Jayashri and Monif, Mastura (2022). Psychiatric manifestations of autoimmune encephalitis. Autoimmunity Reviews, 21 (9) 103145, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2022.103145
Warren, Nicola, Gordon, Emily, Pearson, Ella, Siskind, Dan, Hilmer, Sarah N., Etherton‐Beer, Christopher, Shafiee Hanjani, Leila, Young, Adrienne M., Reid, Natasha and Hubbard, Ruth E. (2022). A systematic review of frailty education programs for health care professionals. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 41 (4), e310-e319. doi: 10.1111/ajag.13096
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
Swayne, Andrew, Warren, Nicola, Prain, Kerri, Gillis, David, Wong, Richard and Blum, Stefan (2022). Analysing triggers for anti‐NMDA‐receptor encephalitis including herpes simplex virus encephalitis and ovarian teratoma: results from the Queensland autoimmune encephalitis cohort. Internal Medicine Journal, 52 (11), 1943-1949. doi: 10.1111/imj.15472
Tanzer, Timothy David, Brouard, Thomas, Dal Pra, Samuel, Warren, Nicola, Barras, Michael, Kisely, Steve, Brooks, Emily and Siskind, Dan (2022). Treatment strategies for clozapine-induced hypotension: a systematic review. Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, 12, 1-16. doi: 10.1177/20451253221092931
Warren, Nicola, Freier, Karen, Siskind, Dan, O’Gorman, Cullen, Blum, Stefan, Gillis, David and Scott, James G (2022). Anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody screening in first-episode psychosis. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57 (4) 00048674221089560, 48674221089560-612. doi: 10.1177/00048674221089560
Siskind, Dan, Yen, Wesley, Thuzar, Moe, Russell, Anthony, Warren, Nicola, Kisely, Steve, Kar Ray, Manaan and Motamarri, Balaji (2022). Outcomes of a co-located approach for metabolic health care for people with schizophrenia. Australasian Psychiatry, 30 (4), 103985622210807-522. doi: 10.1177/10398562221080742
Tanzer, Timothy, Warren, Nicola, McMahon, Laura, Barras, Michael, Kisely, Steve, Brooks, Emily, Wong, Emily and Siskind, Dan (2022). Treatment strategies for clozapine induced nocturnal enuresis and urinary incontinence: a systematic review. CNS Spectrums, 28 (2) PII S1092852922000050, 1-12. doi: 10.1017/s1092852922000050
Pearson, Ella, Siskind, Dan, Hubbard, Ruth E., Gordon, Emily H., Coulson, Elizabeth and Warren, Nicola (2022). Frailty and severe mental illness: A systematic review and narrative synthesis. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 147, 166-175. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.01.014
Warren, Nicola, Eyre-Watt, Brenton, Pearson, Ella, O'Gorman, Cullen, Watson, Emily, Lie, David and Siskind, Dan (2021). Tardive seizures after electroconvulsive therapy. The Journal of ECT, 38 (2), 95-102. doi: 10.1097/yct.0000000000000821
Siskind, Dan, Sharma, Meghna, Pawar, Mrinal, Pearson, Ella, Wagner, Elias, Warren, Nicola and Kisely, Steve (2021). Clozapine levels as a predictor for therapeutic response: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 144 (5), 422-432. doi: 10.1111/acps.13361
Siskind, Dan, Russell, Anthony W., Suetani, Shuichi, Flaws, Dylan, Kisely, Steve, Moudgil, Vikas, Northwood, Korinne, Robinson, Gail, Scott, James G., Stedman, Terry, Warren, Nicola, Winckel, Karl, Cosgrove, Peter and Baker, Andrea (2021). CoMET: a randomised controlled trial of co-commencement of metformin versus placebo as an adjunctive treatment to attenuate weight gain in patients with schizophrenia newly commenced on clozapine. Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, 11 204512532110452, 1-12. doi: 10.1177/20451253211045248
Siskind, Dan, Orr, Stacy, Sinha, Surabhi, Yu, Ou, Brijball, Bhavna, Warren, Nicola, MacCabe, James H., Smart, Sophie E. and Kisely, Steve (2021). Rates of treatment-resistant schizophrenia from first-episode cohorts: systematic review and meta-analysis. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 220 (3) PII S0007125021000611, 1-6. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2021.61
Swayne, Andrew, Warren, Nicola, Prain, Kerri, Gillis, David, O'Gorman, Cullen, Tsang, Benjamin K-T., Muller, Claire, Broadley, Simon, Adam, Robert J., McCombe, Pamela, Wong, Richard C. and Blum, Stefan (2021). An Australian state-based cohort study of autoimmune encephalitis cases detailing clinical presentation, investigation results, and response to therapy. Frontiers in Neurology, 12 607773, 607773. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.607773
Chan, Fiona, O’Gorman, Cullen, Swayne, Andrew, Gillis, David, Blum, Stefan and Warren, Nicola (2021). Voltage-gated potassium channel blanket testing in first-episode psychosis: diagnostic nihilism?. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 55 (8), 4867420983454-823. doi: 10.1177/0004867420983454
McKeon, Gemma, Parker, Stephen, Warren, Nicola and Scott, James G. (2021). The patient experience of recovery following anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis: a qualitative content analysis. The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 33 (1) appineuropsych20030049, 57-63. doi: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.20030049
Warren, Nicola, Kisely, Steve and Siskind, Dan (2020). Maximizing the Uptake of a COVID-19 Vaccine in People With Severe Mental Illness A Public Health Priority. JAMA Psychiatry, 78 (6), 589-590. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.4396
Khoo, Taraneh, Warren, Nicola, Jenkins, Anna and Turner, Jane (2020). Teaching medical students remotely during a pandemic – what can psychiatry offer?. Australasian Psychiatry, 29 (3) 103985622097193, 1-5. doi: 10.1177/1039856220971931
Warren, Nicola, Siskind, Dad and Lie, David (2020). Electroconvulsive therapy during severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 54 (12), 4867420945777-1224. doi: 10.1177/0004867420945777
Parker, Stephen, Warren, Nicola, Hamilton, Sarah, Cabral, Sidney and Cutbush, Jimsie (2020). Enhancing the quality of supervision: description and initial outcomes of a blended-learning approach to RANZCP supervisor accreditation. Australasian Psychiatry, 30 (3), 1039856220928875-405. doi: 10.1177/1039856220928875
Warren, Nicola, Flavell, Joshua, O'Gorman, Cullen, Swayne, Andrew, Blum, Stefan, Kisely, Steve and Siskind, Dan (2020). Screening for anti-NMDAR encephalitis in psychiatry. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 125, 28-32. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.03.007
Warren, Nicola, O’Gorman, Cullen, Blum, Stefan, Kisely, Steve, Swayne, Andrew, Flavell, Joshua and Siskind, Dan (2020). Evaluation of the proposed anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate receptor encephalitis clinical diagnostic criteria in psychiatric patients. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 142 (1), 52-57. doi: 10.1111/acps.13197
Kisely, Steve, Warren, Nicola, McMahon, Laura, Dalais, Christine, Henry, Irene and Siskind, Dan (2020). Occurrence, prevention, and management of the psychological effects of emerging virus outbreaks on healthcare workers: rapid review and meta-analysis. BMJ, 369 m1642, m1642. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m1642
Warren, Nicola, Parker, Stephen, Khoo, Taraneh, Cabral, Sidney and Turner, Jane (2020). Challenges and solutions when developing online interactive psychiatric education. Australasian Psychiatry, 28 (3), 103985622090147-362. doi: 10.1177/1039856220901477
Warren, Nicola, O'Gorman, Cullen, McKeon, Gemma, Swayne, Andrew, Blum, Stefan and Siskind, Dan (2019). Psychiatric management of anti-NMDAR encephalitis: a cohort analysis. Psychological Medicine, 51 (3) PII S0033291719003283, 1-6. doi: 10.1017/s0033291719003283
Warren, Nicola, Swayne, Andrew, Siskind, Dan, O'Gorman, Cullen, Prain, Kerri, Gillis, David and Blum, Stefan (2019). Serum and CSF anti-NMDAR antibody testing in psychiatry. The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences, 32 (2), appineuropsych19030079-160. doi: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.19030079
Warren, Nicola, Grote, Vanessa, O’Gorman, Cullen and Siskind, Dan (2019). Electroconvulsive therapy for anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor encephalitis: a systematic review of cases. Brain Stimulation, 12 (2), 329-334. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2018.11.016
Gillinder, Lisa, Warren, Nicola, Hartel, Gunter, Dionisio, Sasha and O’Gorman, Cullen (2019). EEG findings in NMDA encephalitis – a systematic review. Seizure, 65, 20-24. doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2018.12.015
Warren, Nicola, Theodoros, Theo, Gunawardana, Ravini and Gillinder, Lisa (2019). CASPR2 encephalitis presenting as post-partum psychosis. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 53 (2), 174-175. doi: 10.1177/0004867418812687
Warren, Nicola, O’Gorman, Cullen, Hume, Zena, Kisely, Steve and Siskind, Dan (2018). Delusions in Parkinson’s disease: a systematic review of published cases. Neuropsychology Review, 28 (3), 310-316. doi: 10.1007/s11065-018-9379-3
Warren, N., Siskind, D. and O'Gorman, C. (2018). Refining the psychiatric syndrome of anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor encephalitis. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 138 (5), 401-408. doi: 10.1111/acps.12941
Kisely, Steve, Li, Amy, Warren, Nicola and Siskind, Dan (2018). A systematic review and meta-analysis of deep brain stimulation for depression. Depression and Anxiety, 35 (5), 468-480. doi: 10.1002/da.22746
Warren, Nicola, O'Gorman, Cullen, Lehn, Alexander and Siskind, Dan (2017). Dopamine dysregulation syndrome in Parkinson's disease: a systematic review of published cases. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 88 (12), 1060-1064. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2017-315985
Clark, Scott R., Warren, Nicola S., Kim, Gajin, Jankowiak, David, Schubert, Klaus Oliver, Kisely, Steve, Forrester, Tori, Baune, Bernhard T. and Siskind, Dan J. (2017). Elevated clozapine levels associated with infection: a systematic review. Schizophrenia Research, 192, 50-56. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2017.03.045
Warren, Nicola, Theodoros, Theo and Blum, Stefan (2017). Atypical N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis and a hippocampal tumour. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 51 (4), 414-415. doi: 10.1177/0004867416670017
Conference Papers
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.
Chua, P., Sinha, S., Stanek, S., Backman-Hoyle, D., Allen, L., Gale, C., Garg, G., Warren, N., Ramsden, G., Velayudhan, A., Lyubomirsky, A., Hill, A. and Ortegon, C. (2024). STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK ON THE RANZCP FELLOWSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM. LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.
Chua, P., Sinha, S., Stanek, S., Backman-Hoyle, D., Allen, L., Gale, C., Garg, G., Warren, N., Ramsden, G., Velayudhan, A., Lyubomirsky, A., Hill, A. and Ortegon, C. (2024). 2023 RANZCP OUTCOMES IN THE MEDICAL TRAINING SURVEY AND EXIT SURVEY. LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.
Allen, L., Kalucy, M., Clark, S., Menkes, D. B., Warren, N., Teodorczuk, A., Mazzolini, M. and Fergusson, E. (2024). Building Teaching Skills: A Bridge To Better Learning. RANZCP 2024 Congress, Canberra, ACT Australia, 19-24 May 2023. London, United Kingdom: SAGE Publications.
Northwood, K., Myles, N., Clark, S., Every-Palmer, S., Myles, H., Kisely, S., Warren, N. and Siskind, D. (2024). Evaluating The Epidemiology Of Clozapine-associated Neutropenia Among People On Clozapine Across Australia And Aotearoa New Zealand: A Retrospective Cohort Study. RANZCP 2024 Congress, Canberra, ACT Australia, 19-24 May 2023. London, United Kingdom: SAGE Publications.
Korman, N., Parker, S., Siskind, D., Warren, N., Suetani, S. and Dark, F. (2024). Physical Activity Interventions Conducted Within Residential Mental Health Rehabilitation Settings For People With Severe Mental Illness. RANZCP 2024 Congress, Canberra, ACT Australia, 19-24 May 2023. London, United Kingdom: SAGE Publications.
Warren, N., Halstead, S., Korman, N. and Siskind, D. (2024). Considering The Whole Person: Physical Health Interventions For People With Severe Mental Illness. RANZCP 2024 Congress, Canberra, ACT Australia, 19-24 May 2023. London, United Kingdom: SAGE Publications.
Warren, N., Leske, S., Arnautovska, U., Northwood, K., Kisely, S. and Siskind, D. (2024). Frailty And Severe Mental Illness In The UK Biobank. RANZCP 2024 Congress, Canberra, ACT Australia, 19-24 May 2023. London, United Kingdom: SAGE Publications.
Halstead, S., Siskind, D., Cao, C. and Warren, N. (2024). Multimorbidity And Severe Mental Illness. RANZCP 2024 Congress, Canberra, ACT Australia, 19–23 May 2024. London, United Kingdom: SAGE Publications.
Siskind, D., Arnautovska, U., Soole, R., Kwan, W., Reid, N., Baker, A., Gordon, E., Hubbard, R. and Warren, N. (2024). Hope Frailty Intervention: Utility Of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment In Younger Outpatients With Severe Mental Illness. RANZCP 2024 Congress, Canberra, ACT Australia, 19–23 May 2024. London, United Kingdom: SAGE Publications.
Ludlow, Kristiana, Logan, Benignus, Saunders, Rosemary, Warren, Nicola, Gallagher, Olivia, Miller, Elizabeth, Arora, Jhalak and Hubbard, Ruth E. (2024). Focus on Frailty: Co-designing a digital education course to improve healthcare professionals’ understanding and knowledge of frailty in hospitals. Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting 2024, Christchurch, New Zealand, 22-24 May 2024.
Kwan, Winona, Arnautovska, Urska, Siskind, Dan, Pearson, Ella, Baker, Andrea, Reid, Natasha, Wang, Nancy, Gordon, Emily, Warren, Nicola and Hubbard, Ruth Eleanor (2023). Pilot study on the feasibility of using Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for younger frail patients with severe mental illness. Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting 2023, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 10–12 May 2023. Richmond, VIC Australia: John Wiley & Sons.
Halstead, S., Siskind, D., Amft, M., Wagner, E., Yakimov, V., Liu, Z., Walder, K. and Warren, N. (2023). Alteration patterns in peripheral levels of inflammatory proteins in acute and chronic stages of schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. RANZCP 2023 Congress, Perth, WA Australia, 28 May-1 June 2023. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications. doi: 10.1177/00048674231169682
Allen, L., Kalucy, M., Clark, S., Lampe, L., Menkes, D., Warren, N., Fergusson, E. and Ng, L. (2023). Developing an Australasian psychiatry curriculum for medical students. RANZCP 2023 Congress, Perth, WA Australia, 28 May - 1 June 2023. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications. doi: 10.1177/00048674231169682
Northwood, K., Pearson, E., Wagner, E., Warren, N. and Siskind, D. (2023). Clozapine levels and therapeutic response: using individual patient meta-analysis data for a ROC Curve analysis. 31st European Congress of Psychiatry, Paris, France, 25-28 March 2023. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2023.587
Hopkins, Kristen, Siskind, Dan, McMahon, Laura, Philips, Elise, Lind, Penelope, Medland, Sarah and Warren, Nicola (2022). Differentiation of unipolar and bipolar depression based on clinical features: a systematic review and meta-analysis.. The 24th Annual Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders, Online, 10–12 June 2022. Hoboken, NJ United States: Wiley-Blackwell.
Baral, S., Reid, N., Siskind, D., Warren, N., Gordon, E. and Hubbard, R. (2022). Mental health diagnoses, frailty, and outcomes in a large cohort of Australian inpatients. The Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting 2022, Perth, WA Australia, 8 - 10 June 2022. Richmond, VIC Australia: John Wiley & Sons.
Warren, Nicola, O’Gorman, Cullen, Swayne, Andrew, Siskind, Dan and Blum, Stefan (2020). Specific Psychiatric Features Identify Anti-NMDAR Encephalitis Before Neurological Deterioration (4888). 2020 AAN Science Highlights, Online, 14 April 2020. Philadelphia, PA United States: Wolters Kluwer. doi: 10.1212/wnl.94.15_supplement.4888
Warren, N. (2019). Going large: an early career researcher's tips for moving from a scholarly project to ongoing research. RANZCP , Unknown, Unknown. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
Siskind, D., Lawn, S., Kisely, S., Warren, N., O'Donoghue, B. and Harris, A. (2019). Integration of Research Into Psychiatric Practice: A Guide for New Investigators and the Scholarly Project. RANZCP 2019 Congress, Cairns, QLD Australia, 12–16 May 2019. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
Warren, N., Swayne, A. and Blum, S. (2018). Psychiatric presentations of autoimmune encephalitis. RANZCP 2018 Congress, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 – 17 May 2018. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
Kisely, S., Li, A., Warren, N. and Siskind, D. (2018). Is deep brain stimulation a pacemaker for the brain? A systematic review and meta-analysis of its efficacy in depression. RANZCP 2018 Congress, Auckland Convention Centre, 13-17 May 2018. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
O'Donaghue, B., Siskind, D., Warren, N. and Clark, S. (2018). Clozapine: when to start, how to augment and guidelines for management. RANZCP 2018 Congress, Auckland Convention Centre, 13-17 May 2018. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
Warren, N., Nyguen, D., O'Gorman, C., Lehn, A. and Siskind, D. (2017). Dopamine-Dysregulation Syndrome: a Systematic Review of Adiction to Dopamine and its Neuropsychiatric Consequences. RANZCP 2017 Congress, Adelaide, Australia, 30 April – 4 May 2017. LONDON: Sage.
Warren, Nicola, O'Gorman, Cullen and Lehn, Alex (2017). Dopamine Dysregulation Syndrome: a Systematic Review. 30th Annual General Meeting of the British-Neuropsychiatry-Association (BNPA), London, United Kingdom, 22-24 February 2017. London, United Kingdom: BMJ Group. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2017-BNPA.41
Thesis
Warren, Nicola (2021). Psychiatric clinical decision making in anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/386d5a7