260 results for “chronic anxiety”
39y · Male·Compression of the neck consequent upon hanging
Adrian Young, a 39-year-old voluntary inpatient with severe treatment-resistant depression and chronic anxiety, died by hanging while on day leave from the Melbourne Clinic. He had been under psychiatric care…
66y · Male·Complications of excess alcohol intake in a man with heart disease
…ease. He had a 40+ year history of heavy daily alcohol consumption (12+ cans of beer plus whiskey daily), chronic pain from previous bowel surgery and hernia, and undiagnosed mild heart disease. Post-mortem toxicology s…
53y · Male·Incineration from accidental house fire
…combustible materials igniting near a mobility scooter battery charger on the kitchen bench. Mr Riley had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, anxiety, depression, and alcohol dependency issues. He had previously expe…
69y · Female·Toxicity to pentobarbitone in circumstances where she intended to end her own li…
Heather Telfer, a 69-year-old woman with longstanding asthma, chronic health anxiety, and significant social isolation, died from pentobarbitone toxicity. She had a prior suic…
Unknown·Sodium nitrite toxicity
…itrite toxicity: Laurence Cox (63) and his daughter Ryley Cox (32). Laurence had a history of depression, anxiety, chronic pain, and medical conditions including emphysema and legal blindness, and expressed suicidal ide…
Male·mixed prescription drug toxicity (tramadol and diazepam)
…ayne Dare died from mixed prescription drug toxicity involving tramadol and diazepam. He had a history of chronic lower back pain and depression managed with these medications prescribed by his GP over several years. Wh…
55y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a train incident
Andrea Milner, a 55-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, depression, and anxiety, died from multiple injuries sustained when she drove her motorised wheelchair off a railway platform ont…
43y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
…ichael David Bird, aged 43, died by hanging at his home while on home detention bail. He had a history of anxiety, depression, and chronic pain, managed by a psychiatrist (Dr T.) with weekly appointments described as hi…
59y · Female·Global hypoxic brain injury due to mixed drug toxicity, specifically alprazolam …
A 59-year-old woman with a 30-year history of alprazolam dependence for anxiety disorder died from global hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest caused by mixed drug toxicity, wi…
60y · Male·Complications of chronic lung disease (emphysema, foreign body giant cell reacti…
…c coronary disease, and secondary pulmonary hypertension died at home. He had a history of heavy smoking, chronic back pain treated with morphine, alcohol abuse, and hepatic cirrhosis. Post-mortem examination revealed m…
56y · Female·Cardiomegaly
Karen Frazer, a 56-year-old woman with intellectual disability, schizophrenia, anxiety, hypertension, and COPD, died from cardiomegaly (enlarged heart with biventricular hypertrophy). She was …
40y · Male·Injuries sustained in a fall from height
…ained in a fall from the 16-metre platform of Poppet Head Lookout tower in Bendigo. He had depression and anxiety treated by his GP with antidepressants (mirtazapine then sertraline) and was referred to psychology, but …
21y · Female·Compression of the neck secondary to hanging
…November 2021 at her home in Kyabram, Victoria. She had complex mental health conditions including CPTSD, anxiety, depression, OCD, and personality disorder traits, with a history of chronic suicidality, self-harm, and …
45y · Male·mixed drug toxicity
Glenn Sturley Meyer, aged 45, died from mixed drug toxicity on 22 August 2019. He had chronic pain, PTSD, depression and anxiety managed with oxycodone and diazepam. He also had obesity and probable …
41y · Female·Neck compression and hanging
… mental health conditions including cervical dystonia, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, chronic pain, and alcohol use disorder, died by suicide on 4 November 2022. She presented to Ballarat Hospital ED…
34y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
Diane Maria Hillgrove, a 34-year-old woman with chronic pain, PTSD, anxiety and substance abuse history, died from mixed drug toxicity on 7 July 2018. Post-morte…
44y · Male·intravenous injection of foreign debris (crushed tablets) associated with chroni…
…he pharmacy. While Wellington's complex mental health comorbidities (including psychosis, depression, and anxiety) and concurrent psychotropic medications were clinically defensible, the prescribing of injectable methad…
34y · Female·Combined drug toxicity (propofol, sevoflurane and others)
…from unlocked theatre trolleys and administered to herself at home. She had a long history of depression, anxiety, chronic migraines, insomnia and prior self-harm. The anaesthetic agents likely provided temporary relief…
37y · Male·Unascertained
…ruary 2021 and was found deceased on Mollymook beach on 26 February 2021. He had a history of depression, anxiety, poorly controlled type 2 diabetes, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. In the weeks before his disappeara…
32y · Female·Mexiletine toxicity
…perkalaemic periodic paralysis, a genetic neurological condition causing recurring paralytic episodes and chronic pain, and a concurrent history of major depression and anxiety. In August 2007, she was admitted to St Vi…
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