78 results for “acute depressive disorder”
60y · Male·stab wound of chest (self-inflicted)
…ng him to stay away from her. Six days earlier, psychiatric assessment at Royal Adelaide Hospital found no acute psychiatric diagnosis or self-harm risk. A consultant psychiatrist's earlier report noted recurrent depres…
91y · Female·Unascertained
…gement reasonable and appropriate, though the missed follow-up investigations represent a potential gap in acute coronary care assessment.
52y · Female·stab wound to the chest
…edical doctor, died from a self-inflicted stab wound to the chest on 28 May 2008. She had suffered major depressive disorder since 2006, was being treated by psychiatrist Dr F., and had made previous suicide attempts. Th…
54y · Female·Acute alcohol toxicity with immersion
A 54-year-old woman with major depressive disorder and alcohol addiction died from acute alcohol toxicity with immersion. She was hospitalised inv…
52y · Male·Gunshot wound to the chest
Steven Richard Angus, a 52-year-old veteran with severe alcohol use disorder, major depressive disorder, and generalised anxiety disorder, died from a gunshot wound inflicted by Quee…
51y · Female·multiple (head, chest, pelvic and limb) injuries
…r Highway near Hobart, Tasmania, on 9 October 2023. A 51-year-old female driver with a history of bipolar disorder and alcohol misuse entered the north-bound lanes of a divided highway when she should have entered the so…
41y · Male·Hanging
Stuart Alan Ronning, a 41-year-old man with recurrent depressive disorder, alcohol dependency, and previous suicide attempts, presented to Royal Melbourne Hospital emerg…
53y · Male·Neck compression in the circumstances of hanging
A 53-year-old man with sudden-onset major depression died by hanging after being discharged from acute mental health crisis services. He presented with depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation with vague plans, …
43y · Male·compression of the neck due to hanging
A 43-year-old male veteran died by hanging in a psychiatric inpatient unit while under a Level 2 Inpatient Treatment Order. He was admitted after a high-lethality suicide attempt involving overdose and carbon monoxide ex…
56y · Female·acute pentobarbitone toxicity
56-year-old woman died from acute pentobarbitone toxicity in her Sydney apartment on 27-28 May 2016. She had a long history of mental health…
54y · Male·Neck compression (hanging)
…icies, unclear written procedures, reliance on undocumented practices, and failure to recognise and act on acute clinical deterioration as a contraindication to leave.
50y · Female·unascertained
…oyce Taylor, aged 50, disappeared on 7 September 1978 from Warren, NSW. She had a long history of bipolar disorder and depression with prior psychiatric hospitalisations. Two months before disappearance, she was discharg…
38y · Male·Internal haemorrhage complicating large calibre gunshot wounds to the neck
…rvice station. MacLeod had suffered severe head injury in childhood with confirmed organic brain damage, depressive episodes, and untreated mental illness. In the week before his death, he showed increasing evidence of p…
51y · Male·combined effect of gunshot injuries to the chest and abdomen
Stephen Hodge, a 51-year-old postal worker with a history of depression, anxiety, and alcohol use disorder, was shot by police after advancing on them with a large kitchen knife. He had consumed substantial alcoh…
45y · Female·Compression of the neck in circumstances of hanging
…taneously in an organisationally toxic workplace. Within weeks she became severely distressed with major depressive disorder and insomnia. Despite clear evidence of acute distress on 15 March 2018 (a breakdown at work), …
27y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (heroin, methadone, diazepam and amphetamines)
Hunter Joseph Stewart, a 27-year-old with major depressive disorder and alcohol dependence, was admitted to St Vincent's Acute Inpatient Service following police c…
49y · Male·Hanging
A 49-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder and recurrent depression experienced a relapse while in Tasmania and was referred to a community-based Ac…
51y · Male·gunshot wound to the chest
… responding to mental health crises, particularly when individuals are at immediate imminent risk and have acute suicidality with intention to provoke lethal confrontation.
34y · Male·hanging
John Sydney Farmer, aged 34, died by hanging at his home on 23 May 2008, six hours after being granted leave from psychiatric detention at Woodleigh House. He had attempted suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning two days e…
27y · Female·Hanging
… a 27-year-old woman with a long history of borderline personality traits, depression, anxiety and eating disorder, died by hanging on 17 May 2020. In the preceding two weeks, she presented to Alfred Hospital following a…
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