98 results for “polysubstance abuse disorder”
31y · Male·Multidrug overdose including heroin
LP, a 31-year-old man with depression, severe anxiety, and substance use disorder, died from multidrug overdose including heroin. He had long-standing benzodiazepine (Xanax) abuse since h…
28y · Male·heroin toxicity
Elijah Shelley, a 28-year-old with borderline personality disorder, depression, anxiety, and polysubstance abuse, was admitted to Alfred Health following a suspected heroin…
32y · Male·Multidrug overdose
A 32-year-old man with a history of polysubstance abuse, schizoaffective disorder, and chronic pain died from multidrug overdose at home. He had obtaine…
36y · Male·Hanging
…er care, psychiatric consultation, and counselling. A psychiatrist noted chronic anger control issues, polysubstance abuse history, and possible antisocial personality traits but found no active suicidal ideation at Oct…
40y · Female·acute right-sided congestive heart failure (cor pulmonale) resulting from intrav…
…e) caused by intravenous injection of crushed alprazolam tablets. She had a long history of opioid and polysubstance abuse, with recent escalation involving heroin, amphetamine, and oxycodone. She was enrolled in Tasman…
35y · Female·neck and chest injuries and drowning due to intentional fall/jump from Tasman Br…
… June 2020 while subject to a Mental Health Act treatment order for schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, and bipolar disorder. She had a long history of mental illness, polysubstance abuse, and multiple suicid…
45y · Male·bronchopneumonia and combined drug toxicity
…is Drleski, a 45-year-old with treatment-resistant chronic paranoid schizophrenia, antisocial personality disorder, and polysubstance use disorder, died from bronchopneumonia and combined drug toxicity. He was managed in…
27y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
A 27-year-old man with polysubstance abuse disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, and borderline personality disorder died from mixed drug…
32y · Male·Complications of mixed drug use
A 32-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder and polysubstance abuse disorder died from complications of mixed drug use after boarding a train in an i…
37y · Male·Morphine toxicity from accidental overdose of crushed Kapanol (slow-release morp…
…e to accidental overdose of crushed Kapanol (slow-release morphine capsules). He had a long history of polysubstance abuse, encephalitis from age 15, and was enrolled in a methadone program. The death occurred while he …
25y · Female·injuries sustained by jumping from the Tasman Bridge
A 25-year-old woman with longstanding borderline personality disorder, chronic suicidal ideation, and substance abuse died by jumping from the Tasman Bridge on 4 January 1996.…
34y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
Rajesh Pala, a 34-year-old man with polysubstance abuse disorder, borderline personality disorder, and chronic depression, died from mixed drug toxicity…
25y · Male·Gunshot injury to the head
SK, a 25-year-old man with ADHD, borderline personality disorder, PTSD, depression and anxiety, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound while handling an unregistered re…
35y · Male·heroin toxicity
… Thomas White, 35, died from heroin toxicity while on home detention bail. He had a 13-year history of polysubstance abuse including heroin, amphetamines, and methamphetamine. Three days before death, he contacted Drug …
31y · Male·haemorrhage due to incised wound to left arm with amphetamine toxicity as a poss…
A 31-year-old man with personality disorder, possible epilepsy, possible schizophrenia, and polysubstance abuse made a triple zero call suggesting se…
36y · Female·Stab wound to the right chest
…igh-dose tramadol (700-800mg daily) for chronic pain over 22 months by his GP without documented substance abuse assessment, despite documented history of polysubstance dependence. When Eckersley ceased alcohol and cann…
Female·Hanging
The deceased was a woman with a long history of heroin abuse, benzodiazepine misuse, and mental health issues including depression and psychotic behaviour. She receive…
47y · Male·combined acute effects of multiple drugs in obese man with enlarged heart and ar…
Nicholas Cripps, a 47-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, substance use disorder, and antisocial personality disorder, died from combined acute effects of multiple drugs (methylamphetami…
23y · Male·combined drug toxicity (oxymorphone, benzodiazepines, codeine, and morphine) in …
… benzodiazepines, codeine, and morphine) in the setting of sarcoidosis. He had a long history of substance abuse and anxiety disorder, treated with benzodiazepines and antidepressants by multiple clinicians. Despite psy…
26y · Male·respiratory arrest complicating hydrocarbon inhalation (sudden sniffing death)
A 26-year-old man with schizophrenia, antisocial personality disorder, and polysubstance abuse died from sudden sniffing death syndrome after inhaling fly spray in a psychiatr…
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