20 results for “dependent personality disorder”
60y · Male·stab wound of chest (self-inflicted)
…iatric diagnosis or self-harm risk. A consultant psychiatrist's earlier report noted recurrent depressive disorder with dependent personality features and risk of impulsive self-directed actions. Police acted appropriate…
45y · Male·sepsis with infective endocarditis, right lobar pneumonia (with abscess formatio…
A 45-year-old man with severe disability (wheelchair-bound following burn injury), borderline personality disorder, and chronic medical conditions including ischaemic heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, and…
59y · Female·Toxicity to quetiapine
59-year-old woman with long-standing psychiatric illness, chronic suicidal ideation, and dependent personality disorder was admitted involuntarily to a low-dependency psychiatric ward after expressing su…
48y · Female·Combined drug toxicity involving oxycodone, benzodiazepines (diazepam, nordiazep…
A 48-year-old woman with epilepsy, depression, anxiety and documented drug dependence died from combined toxicity of oxycodone, benzodiazepines, amitriptyline and other drugs. Over 12 months pre-death, she obtained medic…
59y · Male·incised injuries to the neck
Paul McLoughlin, a 59-year-old man with long-standing bipolar affective disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and heavy cannabis use, died by suicide via incised neck wounds while on day l…
64y · Female·Combined toxicity to alcohol and baclofen
… of alcohol and baclofen on 30 April 2020. She had a 40+ year history of alcohol dependency, borderline personality disorder, depression, and multiple suicide attempts. Baclofen was prescribed off-label for alcohol crav…
76y · Male·complications of cerebrovascular accident on a background of atrial fibrillation
…kground of atrial fibrillation. He had suffered two prior strokes (2020, 2021) leaving him bed-bound and dependent on PEG feeding. On 10 June 2024, he presented with acute drowsiness and gaze deviation. CT brain showed …
75y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
Luciano T, a 75-year-old man with complex medical and psychiatric history including chronic pain, depression, and delusional jealousy syndrome, shot his wife in the face and then fatally shot himself. He had been under p…
34y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (pedestrian), in circums…
…ve warnings from Monash Health that she required psychiatric assessment before any leave. She had bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, Type 1 diabetes, and was pregnant (28 weeks). Within hours of discharge…
58y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (eucalyptus oil, alcohol, venlafaxine, quetiapine, propra…
A 58-year-old man with chronic depression, anxiety and personality disorders died from combined drug toxicity (eucalyptus oil, alcohol, venlafaxine, quetiapine, propranol…
39y · Female·Septic shock and nosocomial pneumonia secondary to pentobarbital (Nembutal) over…
A 39-year-old woman with major depression and Cluster B personality traits died by suicide in Mexico following a pentobarbital overdose on 28 April 2008, resulting in sept…
41y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of a mixed drug toxicity
…g versus 450-500mg daily prescribed dose). She had complex psychiatric history (ADHD, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, eating disorder) and chronic pain managed with polypharmacy. While clinicians' prescribing had …
35y · Male·Choking due to impaction of soap in airway
…—direct assessment with listening for breathing is superior; (2) diagnostic uncertainty between psychotic disorder and personality disorder significantly impacts treatment and requires careful multidisciplinary review, p…
34y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (ethanol, methadone, diazepam and risperidone)
…ng intoxication policies address polysubstance interactions, and recognizing that missed doses in opioid-dependent patients significantly increase overdose risk even at previously tolerated doses.
smoke inhalation and burns from deliberately-lit fire (primary cause varies by i…
… residents died in a deliberately-lit fire at Quakers Hill Nursing Home on 18 November 2011, set by drug-dependent nurse Roger Dean to destroy evidence of medication theft. Dean had worked while visibly intoxicated at a…
30y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Paul Strange, aged 30, died by suicide through ligature compression of the neck eleven days after discharge from Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) for depression with chronic suicidality. He had a documented history of multiple…
44y · Male·mixed drug toxicity
…uetiapine, codeine, diazepam, fluoxetine). He had complex psychiatric history with factitious and somatic disorders, chronic pain, and documented drug-seeking behaviour. His GP had implemented strict weekly medication pa…
50y · Female·Hanging
…017. Despite supportive interventions from senior judges and mental health treatment for major depressive disorder, she resigned in July 2017 and died by suicide in October 2017. The coroner found medical care was approp…
53y · Male·asphyxia from combined effects of neck compression from hanging and suffocation …
John Trenorden died by suicide in prison following his arrest for allegedly murdering his former business partner Penelope Christopher. Police correctly identified him as at-risk after he attempted to step in front of tr…
53y · Female·mixed prescription drug toxicity
…n Barnes, a 53-year-old woman with complex psychiatric history including depression, OCD, substance abuse disorder, and chronic non-cancer pain, died from mixed prescription drug toxicity involving venlafaxine, methadone…
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