Deceased
Liam Peter Mead
Demographics
male
Date of death
2017-03-07
Finding date
2019-08-02
Cause of death
not_stated
AI-generated summary
Liam Mead, a teenager, died on 7 March 2017, two days after discharge from an inpatient psychiatric facility in Victoria. He had experienced functional deterioration in late 2016 related to psychosocial stressors and was treated for mental illness including inpatient care. This ruling addresses the admissibility of expert evidence regarding adolescent mental health services in Tasmania. Professor McGorry's evidence indicates that treatment in a geographically remote location away from family and social supports creates disadvantages, and that intensive post-discharge follow-up with the same treating team located in Tasmania might have altered the outcome. The coroner ruled that the adequacy and availability of adolescent mental health services, including inpatient facilities and intensive community follow-up services, are relevant circumstances to the death and appropriate matters for inquiry, particularly if suicide is established as the cause.
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