Coronial

6 results for acute grief and bereavement

TAScommunity2025-06-04

Coroner's Finding: Mead, Dion Charles

45y · Male·thermal burns sustained in a motor vehicle fire

…s following a deliberate single-vehicle crash into a brick wall. He had experienced recent workplace stress and significant grief from his brother's death in February 2023. His mental health deteriorated sharply on the …

forensic medicinepsychiatry
VICcommunity2025-08-27

Finding into death of Harley James Smith

7y · Male·multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (passenger)

…llowing his partner's death from metastatic cancer three days earlier. While concerning behavioral patterns and family violence were identified in retrospective investigation, there were no overt indicators that would h…

paediatricspsychiatrycommunicationsystemmirtazapine
QLDcommunity2015-06-09

JE and JJ, two 16 year old boys

16y · Male·Hanging (ligature compression of neck)

Two Indigenous young men, JE (16 years) and JJ (16 years), both died by hanging within four months during a suicide cluster in Mackay, Queensland in 20…

psychiatryemergency medicinediagnosticcommunicationalcohol
VICcommunity2025-08-27

Finding into death of Conan James Smith

37y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (driver)

…ays after his partner died from metastatic cancer. He was the sole carer for his 7-year-old son with autism and intellectual disability. The coroner found he intended to take his own life, and in doing so caused his son…

psychiatrygeneral practicecommunicationdelaymirtazapine
VIChome2014-10-06

Finding into death of Peter Andrew McNay

50y · Male·hanging

50-year-old male with long-standing substance abuse history (alcohol, marijuana, heroin until 2009) and complex mental health issues includi…

psychiatryaddiction medicinealcohol
TAScommunity2016-11-28

Coroner's Finding: Deaths from a Public Place

Suicide by intentional fall or jump from Tasman Bridge

…ersonal circumstances but shared mental health vulnerabilities: depression, anxiety, substance use (alcohol and/or drugs), and acute stressors (relationship breakdown, grief, work stress, financial concerns). Coroner ex…

psychiatrypublic healthalcohol

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