99 results for “assessment order under mental health act”
82y · Female·bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism due to left calf deep vein thrombosis
…rap, 82, died from bilateral pulmonary embolism secondary to left calf deep vein thrombosis while detained under a Mental Health Act Inpatient Treatment Order. She presented to ED with altered mental state, self-harm, a…
27y · Male·Injuries sustained in descent from height
A 27-year-old man with schizophrenia was brought to Northern Hospital ED by police under Mental Health Act section 351 after threatening suicide and injecting testosterone. The Emergency Departme…
48y · Female·Combined effects of cardiac hypertrophy, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease a…
KD, a 48-year-old woman with chronic schizo-affective disorder, end-stage renal failure, COPD, cardiac hypertrophy and obesity, died from combined natural causes while u…
57y · Male·multiple injuries from motor vehicle collision
Bernard Evans, aged 57, died in a motor vehicle collision on 17 January 2011 while evading apprehension under the Victorian Mental Health Act. He had schizoaffective disorder managed with lithium and olanzapine under…
54y · Female·malignant melanoma with brain metastases
A 54-year-old woman with metastatic melanoma died from brain metastases while detained under a Mental Health Act order at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. She had undergone surgery and radiotherapy for m…
63y · Female·metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung
…metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung with brain metastases while subject to a Level 1 Inpatient Treatment Order at Royal Adelaide Hospital. She presented with behavioural disturbance secondary to brain metastases, was …
32y · Male·gunshot wounds to the trunk
…ry of substance abuse and violence, died following a police shooting. On 24 November 2014, he was detained under a Mental Health Act Emergency Examination Order after telling police he intended to kill himself. At Gold …
51y · Male·Neck compression from hanging
…ttempts, and domestic violence in his relationship died by hanging on 29 January 2021. He had presented to mental health services on two occasions in January 2021 with expressed suicidal ideation and posted online suicid…
43y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident (driver)
…-year-old man, died in a high-speed motor vehicle collision after his engagement was called off. He had contacted mental health services on 23 March 2019 reporting suicidal ideation and sleep deprivation. His GP decline…
Unknown·Gunshot wound to the head (self-inflicted)
…mmercial firing range where individuals gained easy access to firearms. Julia Morris, 23, with documented borderline personality disorder and recent suicide attempt, was discharged from hospital and attended the range t…
72y · Male·exsanguination (blood loss) from severed femoral artery
…cted femoral artery laceration. He was discharged from psychiatric inpatient care on a community treatment order on 14 December 2017 and died on 26-27 December 2017. The coroner found care, supervision and treatment whi…
37y · Male·stab wound to the chest penetrating the heart
…eleased from psychiatric hospital on 11 April 2011 on voluntary arrangements without a community treatment order despite previous compliance only under legal compulsion. Over the following 10 days, he exhibited non-comp…
37y · Male·Hanging, self-inflicted with intention of taking own life
…hrenia and a history of medication non-compliance died by suicide while subject to a Psychiatric Treatment Order. He was last seen alive on 14 February 2010 and found hanging on City Hill on 15 February 2010. His toxico…
24y · Male·inhaled solvent toxicity (from petrol sniffing)
Edward James Laurie, a 24-year-old man with chronic petrol sniffing addiction since age 10 and underlying mental health issues including psychosis, died from inhaled solvent toxicity on 11 October 2015. Sixt…
45y · Male·Consistent with hanging
…ory of non-compliance with antipsychotic medication, forensic involvement, and repeated disengagement from mental health services. A critical clinical lesson emerged: Darebin Community Mental Health Centre discharged him…
77y · Female·myocardial infarction
Eileen Sarah Elliott, aged 77, died of myocardial infarction following a fall and leg fracture in January 2000. She was admitted to Glenside Hospital under a Mental Health Act detention order for chr…
58y · Male·metastatic carcinoma of the pancreas
David Dufty, aged 58, died from metastatic pancreatic cancer while detained under a Mental Health Act treatment order in the ICU of Royal Hobart Hospital. He was admitted with psychosis in…
75y · Male·pulmonary thromboembolus due to left calf deep vein thrombosis with contributing…
…ry to left calf deep vein thrombosis, complicated by Influenza A infection and Parkinson's disease. He was under an Inpatient Treatment Order (ITO) at Repatriation General Hospital when he collapsed suddenly after physi…
41y · Male·asphyxia due to neck compression following ligature suspension (hanging)
DR was a 41-year-old man with bipolar disorder, severe alcohol dependence, and multiple psychosocial stressors including family violence, homelessness, a…
24y · Female·injuries sustained in descent from height
A 24-year-old woman with intellectual disability and borderline personality disorder died from injuries sustained in descent from height from a sixth-floor balcony. S…
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