139 results for “paranoid_schizophrenia”
42y · Male·Drowning following chest injuries sustained from jumping from the Tasman Bridge
A 42-year-old man with long-standing, well-managed paranoid schizophrenia died by suicide from the Tasman Bridge. He had been compliant with clozapine therapy for over 20 years, maintained psychiatric stability, and had …
89y · Female·multi-organ failure on a background of urinary sepsis
Maria Eufemia Forgione, aged 89, died of multi-organ failure secondary to urinary sepsis at a nursing home. She had longstanding paranoid schizophrenia and was subject to a guardianship order. This inquest was mandatory …
64y · Female·unascertained
Jeanette Bramley, a 64-year-old woman with chronic paranoid schizophrenia resident in aged care, was found unresponsive on the floor of her room and died despite 50 minutes of CPR. Post-mortem examination could not defin…
66y · Male·End stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
William Ernest Jolly, 66, died from end-stage COPD at Austin Hospital on 16 November 2012. He was serving a life sentence for murder, housed at Thomas Embling Hospital as a security patient with paranoid schizophrenia an…
71y · Male·Combined effects of ischaemic and valvular heart disease
A 71-year-old man with chronic paranoid schizophrenia was detained under the Mental Health Act after community mental health workers observed physical signs of heart failure (dyspnea, bilateral pitting edema) during home…
33y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
A 33-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia, polysubstance dependence (amphetamines/cannabis), and chronic suicidal ideation died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He had been prescribed risperidone and …
32y · Male·Ligature Compression of Neck (Hanging)
Leslie William Wesley, a 32-year-old Indigenous man, died by hanging on 7 May 2000 in Cell A10 of Unit 5, Casuarina Prison Complex, Western Australia. He was on remand awaiting trial for sexual assault charges. Wesley ha…
64y · Male·bronchopneumonia in a man receiving palliative care for terminal cancer of the r…
Bill Portelli, a 64-year-old man with chronic paranoid schizophrenia and terminal rectum cancer with liver metastases, died of bronchopneumonia (from aspirated vomit) while receiving palliative care at Alma Street Centre…
34y · Male·multiple injuries
Paul Dickson, a 34-year-old man with severe paranoid schizophrenia managed on a Community Treatment Order, died by suicide on 11 November 2013 after stepping in front of a truck. He had been discharged from Graylands Hos…
73y · Female·UNASCERTAINED
Hilda Billman, a 73-year-old woman with paranoid schizophrenia, absconded from Bendigo Psychiatric Centre on 6 September 1996 while an involuntary patient. She had been informed of planned electroconvulsive therapy and l…
48y · Male·Multiple injuries consistent with a jump from a height (14 storeys); broken neck…
Gareth Thornton, aged 48, with a 24-year history of paranoid schizophrenia, died from multiple injuries sustained in a 14-storey fall from his housing commission flat in Carlton, Melbourne, on 15 December 2007. The coron…
61y · Female·respiratory failure secondary to advanced malignancy
Ms Carmelina Bellocco, aged 61, died from respiratory failure secondary to advanced metastatic colon cancer. She had longstanding paranoid schizophrenia with poor insight and compliance. Cancer was diagnosed in 2006 afte…
63y · Male·respiratory failure in a man with lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary dis…
Stephen Craig Solly, aged 63, died from respiratory failure due to advanced lung cancer, COPD, and pulmonary fibrosis while an involuntary psychiatric patient at Graylands Hospital. He had paranoid schizophrenia, cogniti…
58y · Male·Heroin toxicity
58-year-old man with chronic back pain, paranoid schizophrenia, and decades-long prescription opioid and benzodiazepine abuse died from heroin toxicity. He had been successfully withdrawn from opioids (MS Contin, Endone)…
Unknown·Electrocution
This case involves the deaths of a married couple by electrocution. JB, aged approximately 75, had terminal lung cancer (bronchogenic carcinoma with metastatic disease and pleural effusion) with a prognosis of months to …
32y · Female·Blunt force trauma to the head
Ms Jacinta Pompei, aged 32, was killed by blunt force trauma to the head inflicted by her intimate partner, Mr Justin Ellard, who struck her repeatedly with a claw hammer while she slept. The coroner investigated whether…
28y · Male·hanging
A 28-year-old man with treatment-resistant paranoid schizophrenia and substance abuse died by hanging while detained under the Mental Health Act in a closed psychiatric ward. He had chronic auditory hallucinations comman…
38y · Male·Multiple injuries
Mr Shane Kenneth Warrick, 38, was assessed at Sunshine Hospital's Emergency Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team (ECATT) on 25 August 2013 after reporting thoughts of harming his father. He had a complex psychiatric hist…
40y · Male·UNDETERMINED - natural causes (most probably natural disease; starvation could n…
Miroslaw Dziczkowski, a 40-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia managed under a Community Treatment Order, disappeared in January 2013 after withdrawing $7300 and relocating to a caravan park without notifying his me…
75y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
A 75-year-old man with chronic paranoid schizophrenia, detained under the Mental Health Act in a high-dependency psychiatric unit, died by hanging in his ensuite bathroom. He had been admitted after allegedly assaulting …
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