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47y · Male·Unascertained; most likely cardiac arrhythmia possibly triggered by obstructive …
David Horne, a 47-year-old man with bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and severe obstructive sleep apnoea, died suddenly at Maroondah Hospital while under compulsory psychiatric treatment. He experienced two ep…
51y · Male·Hyperthermia of unknown cause in a man with cardiac hypertrophy; chronic obstruc…
Arthur Andrianakis, 51, died from hyperthermia of unknown cause with cardiac hypertrophy and COPD. He presented to hospital with respiratory distress following police custody for assaulting his mother. Initial diagnosis …
52y · Male·atherosclerotic and hypertensive heart disease
Stephen Thomas Oxley, a 52-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder managed on a Community Treatment Order, died of atherosclerotic and hypertensive heart disease. He had multiple modifiable cardiovascular risk factors…
54y · Male·Ischaemic cardiomyopathy following a period of restraint on a background of morb…
A 54-year-old man with schizophrenia, homelessness, and morbid obesity was arrested for wilful exposure and disorderly conduct. During restraint in the prone position with handcuffs, he struggled for several minutes. Alt…
23y · Male·Unable to be determined from available evidence
Benjamin Stephens, aged 23, went missing on 18 March 2004 from rural NSW and was confirmed deceased in 2016 when his skull was discovered via DNA matching. In the months before his disappearance, Ben developed symptoms c…
47y · Female·Multiple injuries from being struck by a train; death determined to be suicide
A 47-year-old woman with bipolar affective disorder and PTSD, originally from Bosnia, died by suicide by stepping in front of a train on 1 May 2012. She was subject to a Community Treatment Order at the time. Critical cl…
72y · Male·Cranial fracture and intracranial haemorrhage from self-inflicted fall
Frank Sette, a 72-year-old man with longstanding schizophrenia, died from a cranial fracture and intracranial haemorrhage sustained when he deliberately threw himself backwards onto the floor of a psychiatric ward. He wa…
20y · Male·Multiple injuries due to contact with a train
Jonathan Saccu, a 20-year-old with severe treatment-resistant schizophrenia, absconded from an open mental health unit and was fatally struck by a train approximately 3 hours later. He was admitted on an involuntary trea…
25y · Female·Chest injuries due to fall from height
Two psychiatric inpatients (SH, 25-year-old female; AW, 24-year-old male) died by suicide by jumping from the Buranda car park across from Princess Alexandra Hospital's Mental Health Unit within a 10-month period despite…
37y · Male·smoke inhalation
Paul Gledhill, a 37-year-old man with schizophrenia managed by community mental health services on a Community Treatment Order, died from smoke inhalation in an accidental house fire. He had a blood alcohol level of 0.23…
asphyxia sequential to hanging (all three cases); Charles Barlow: schizophrenia …
Three linked suicide cases spanning February 2004 to October 2005 in Far North Queensland mental health services. Charles Barlow (36, Aboriginal) was denied admission despite requesting transfer to Cairns Base Hospital M…
36y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained from intentional jump from cliff top
Alexander Albert Steinbrenner, a 36-year-old man with schizo-affective disorder, died from multiple injuries sustained when he jumped from an 11-metre cliff at the Roundhouse in Fremantle on 27 February 2004. He was an i…
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