90 results for “paranoid_delusions”
77y · Female·Complications of malnutrition in a woman with paranoid delusions
A 77-year-old woman with complex medical and psychiatric history died from complications of malnutrition while an inpatient with paranoid delusions and delirium. She was admitted following falls and required compulsory t…
49y · Male·Multiple injuries from a fall from height
Craig Doherty, a 49-year-old man with Bipolar Affective Disorder and significant alcohol use, died by suicide on 14 January 2013. He had been admitted involuntarily to hospital in August 2012 for quetiapine overdose and …
76y · Female·Undetermined (natural causes)
HJ, a 76-year-old woman with chronic psychotic disorder and paranoid delusions, presented with abdominal pain, vomiting, and small bowel obstruction. Imaging revealed bilateral adnexal masses. Due to her lack of insight …
22y · Male·Multiple injuries from fall from 21st floor balcony
Michael Bird, 22, died by suicide on 17 March 2022, jumping from the 21st floor of his new workplace on his first day as building manager. He had been experiencing auditory hallucinations and paranoid delusions about pol…
30y · Male·gunshot wound to the head as a result of a police operation
Danukul Mokmool, aged 30, died on 26 July 2017 after being shot by NSW Police at Central Railway Station following a mental health crisis. He was experiencing acute psychosis with paranoid delusions that his family inten…
41y · Male·unascertained
David Davidson Lawson, a 41-year-old Aboriginal man with chronic alcohol use disorder and a history of psychotic symptoms during withdrawal, disappeared from a remote homestead on the Dampier Peninsula in October 2010. H…
23y · Male·Multiple injuries from being struck by train
Jalen Hunter Norris, aged 23, died by suicide when struck by a train on 9 April 2021. He was experiencing paranoid delusions and had recently been arrested for criminal damage and cannabis possession after an incident at…
34y · Female·not able to be determined - body not found
Sana Salman, a 34-year-old woman with bipolar disorder and schizoaffective disorder, went missing on 1 September 2022 after being discharged from Northern Beaches Hospital on 22 August 2022. She had been admitted for a p…
47y · Male·Hanging
A 47-year-old man with newly diagnosed schizophrenia died by hanging. He had presented with paranoid delusions and was engaged with mental health services in February 2017. Critical deficiencies were identified in the me…
41y · Male·Hanging
Paul Cooper, a 41-year-old man with bipolar disorder, died by hanging in August 2015, eleven days after psychiatric review. He had recently commenced Isotretinoin for severe acne, which coincided with development of para…
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 Risk Interventio…
60y · Male·Undetermined - likely natural causes (centriacinar emphysema) or misadventure (f…
Jeff Malcolm Haig, a 60-year-old man with multiple sclerosis and documented paranoid and delusional beliefs about being monitored, was found deceased at Low Head, Tasmania on 26 August 2022, having last been seen alive o…
42y · Male·Unascertained; most likely exposure after wandering in bushland
David Greenwood, a 42-year-old Aboriginal man with chronic alcohol dependence and a chronic chest infection, disappeared from Gindalbie Station near Kalgoorlie on 14 October 1984. He was experiencing delirium tremens (al…
62y · Male·drowning
James Lee Osborn, aged 62, died by drowning in the Derwent River on 30 June 2016 after a rapid deterioration in mental health. He had a long history of depression but experienced acute decompensation with paranoid delusi…
32y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head (Benjamin Green: homicide by William Markee; William M…
This inquest examined the deaths of Benjamin Green (aged 32) and William Markee (aged 58) on 15 May 2015 in Nimmitabel, NSW. Markee shot Green in his sleep, then shot himself. Clinical lesson: Markee had clear, untreated…
92y · Female·community acquired pneumonia on a background of end stage chronic obstructive ai…
Mrs Betty Hewlett, 92, died of community-acquired pneumonia on a background of end-stage COAD. She was admitted to hospital in late December 2012 with health deterioration and malnutrition (38kg). She developed acute psy…
46y · Female·Ms Glendinning: multiple sharp force injuries (suicide); Jane Cuzens: multiple i…
This tragic case involved a mother with severe untreated psychosis who killed her two daughters and then herself. Ms Glendinning had a longstanding history of paranoid delusions, cannabis use, and mental health difficult…
76y · Female·Effects of fire in a woman with head and neck injuries
Mrs Emma Weidemann, aged 76, died from burns sustained in a fire deliberately set by her husband Rudolf at their home on 11 December 2019. Rudolf had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer, experienced cognitive de…
88y · Male·aspiration pneumonia complicating vascular dementia and metastatic prostate canc…
An 88-year-old man with vascular dementia, metastatic prostate cancer, and chronic kidney disease died of aspiration pneumonia 15 days after admission to hospital under a Mental Health Act inpatient treatment order. He w…
20y · Male·Ligature Compression of the Neck (Hanging)
Steven Charles Indich, a 20-year-old Aboriginal man with schizophrenia and a long history of psychotic symptoms, violent behaviour and substance abuse, died by suicide in Smith Ward at Graylands Hospital on 13 November 1…
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