Deceased
Peter Andrew McNay
Demographics
50y, male
Coroner
Coroner John Olle
Date of death
2012-07-01
Finding date
2014-10-06
Cause of death
hanging
AI-generated summary
50-year-old male with long-standing substance abuse history (alcohol, marijuana, heroin until 2009) and complex mental health issues including depression, anxiety, personality traits, and multiple prior suicide attempts. Following his brother's suicide in April 2011, he increased substance use. On 1 July 2012, he called Mercy Mental Health Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team stating he wanted to hang himself and was actively attempting to tie a noose. The psychiatric nurse appropriately assessed him, established he had no protective factors and active means, and contacted police for welfare check. Police responded within 13 minutes and found him already deceased from hanging. The coroner found the mental health response and police response both timely and appropriate. Clinical lessons include the importance of recognizing acute suicide risk with stated intent and immediate means, and the need for rapid crisis intervention, though in this case the intervention occurred too late.
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