85 results for “acute psychiatric episode”
64y · Female·fatal cardiac arrhythmia in a lady with obstructed sleep apnoea, obesity and suf…
…year-old woman with bipolar disorder, severe obstructive sleep apnoea, obesity and diabetes presented with acute psychotic relapse following stress and sleep deprivation. Initially admitted to ED where she was sedated w…
24y · Male·blunt trauma and drowning due to intentional jumping from Tasman Bridge
A 24-year-old male international student and graduate employee experienced his first acute psychotic episode in December 2022, triggered by workplace stress and unsubstantiated beliefs about collea…
30y · Male·head and chest injuries sustained in a fall from a height
…order, died from head and chest injuries sustained in a fall from height on 24 September 2007. He had a psychiatric review on 20 September 2007 with Dr M., who assessed him as non-suicidal, reviewed his medications (Lit…
21y · Male·Head injury sustained in fall from height
A 21-year-old university student with first-episode schizophreniform disorder died from head injury sustained jumping from a 3-metre hospital courtyard wall …
46y · Female·hypoxic ischaemic brain injury as a result of cardiac arrest following a choking…
Andrea Sewell, a 46-year-old woman with Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome (ODS) and acute psychiatric illness, died from hypoxic brain injury following a choking episode during a meal in a psychia…
62y · Male·cardiac arrest complicating psychotic episode
…, aged 62 with chronic treatment-resistant schizophrenia, died from cardiac arrest complicating psychotic episode at a supported residential facility. During escalating psychotic behaviour, paramedics applied a restrain…
43y · Male·aspiration of vegetable matter with occlusion of the upper airway
…disorder, died on 25 September 2001 from aspiration of vegetable matter while experiencing a severe manic episode. In the two weeks before his death, multiple warning signs of psychiatric deterioration were documented: …
70y · Female·Asphyxia due to airway obstruction
Anna Lee, a 70-year-old retired psychiatric nurse, died from asphyxia due to airway obstruction while an inpatient in a mental health unit. She was…
45y · Male·unable to determine
Peter Anthony Millett, a 45-year-old man with schizophrenia, disappeared on 27 August 2013 and is presumed deceased. In the weeks preceding his disappearance, his mental health deteriorated significantly—he exhibited rap…
37y · Male·Unascertained (death in custody)
…isperidone, this condition was not communicated to attending paramedics or police. When the patient became acutely agitated and refused voluntary admission, both CAT team and ambulance paramedics declined to transport h…
77y · Female·Asphyxia from manual strangulation and smothering
Margaret Nicol Foran, aged 77, was killed by her son while he was experiencing an acute psychotic episode at her home in Launceston, Tasmania, between 22-23 April 2012. The cause of death was as…
24y · Male·multiple stab wounds to the chest that he inflicted upon himself
… relapse and engaged in a dangerous spree involving vehicle theft, assault, and police pursuit. Despite psychiatric treatment with antipsychotics, he stopped medication multiple times. On 4 January 2019, he rammed a pol…
23y · Male·Haemorrhage from incised wounds to the neck and wrists
…rhage from self-inflicted knife wounds to his neck and wrists while experiencing a drug-induced psychotic episode following acute methylamphetamine intoxication. He had a complex trauma history including childhood domes…
84y · Male·malnutrition in conjunction with heart, liver and kidney failure
…ailure, and behavioural disturbance was admitted to Royal Adelaide Hospital following a fall. He displayed acute psychiatric symptoms with threats of violence and suicide, requiring Mental Health Act detention. Despite …
29y · Male·gunshot wound to the chest
… the police response appropriate and lawful. Clinical lessons include recognizing that rapid escalation in acute mental health crises with weapons can prevent de-escalation, and that medication non-compliance combined w…
36y · Male·Gunshot wound to chest
Adam Quddus Salter, aged 36, experienced acute psychiatric decompensation on 18 November 2009 while living at his family home. After stabbing himself mul…
51y · Female·drowning
…lding, a 51-year-old transgender female with longstanding bipolar affective disorder and recent psychotic episodes, died by drowning on 13 October 2017 after taking an unmanned dinghy into Copper Alley Bay without a lif…
23y · Male·Hanging whilst suffering acute mental illness, most likely a first episode delus…
A 23-year-old man in custody died by hanging in May 2011 while experiencing untreated first-episode psychosis with paranoid delusions. He had expressed suicidal ideation on 20 April and was assessed by a R…
48y · Male·Multiple injuries consistent with a jump from a height (14 storeys); broken neck…
…ssion flat in Carlton, Melbourne, on 15 December 2007. The coroner found he intentionally jumped during an acute psychiatric relapse. The incident was preceded by increasingly agitated and aggressive behaviour, includin…
76y · Male·Upper airway obstruction by food bolus in a man with ischaemic heart disease
…us and the cause of death. Clinical lessons include recognition of dysphagia risk in elderly patients with acute psychiatric illness, and the importance of eating behaviour observation in vulnerable populations.
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