930 results for “psychiatric assessment”
31y · Male·Injuries sustained in a fall from height
…d Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, died by suicide during a 4-day hospital admission. Despite requesting psychiatric assessment three times and displaying clear signs of psychological distress (racing thoughts, insomnia,…
29y · Male·hanging
…rt Phillip Prison on 28 March 2008, 12 days after arrival. His death resulted from systemic failures in psychiatric assessment and care. At Melbourne Assessment Prison, Nurse T D assigned Casey a P3 rating despite six p…
Male·neck compression due to hanging
Two men died by suicide within five months of emergency department assessments at Lyell McEwin Hospital. Both had been brought in by police under Mental Health Act section 57 but wer…
47y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
…seek help for suicidal ideation in the preceding three days, including visiting his GP, calling a crisis assessment service (EACIS), attending the Royal Adelaide Hospital ED, and receiving a home visit from EACIS workers…
20y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained when struck by train at Lalor Railway Station
Stacey Smith, aged 20, with complex psychiatric illness and suicidal ideation was transferred to Northern Hospital ED following confirmed overdose of 4…
47y · Female·insulin overdose
…at home on 23 April, she was assessed at Wonthaggi Hospital for suspected overdose and given a deferred psychiatric assessment. She discharged herself early the next morning, visited her workplace and solicitor, then ch…
26y · Male·amylobarbital overdose
…aged 26 at presumed death, disappeared on 31 August 1971 following discharge from St Vincent's Hospital psychiatric unit after treatment for a drug overdose. Unidentified remains found in the Yarra River in 1972 were re…
55y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a fall
…et four years earlier and was in rehabilitation when discharged from Caulfield Hospital with inadequate psychiatric assessment and planning. The coroner found his discharge was premature, lacking consideration of his ps…
53y · Female·unascertained natural causes
Ms Rona, a 53-year-old woman with major depression, was admitted involuntarily to Bungarabee House psychiatric unit on 6 August 2018 after presenting with catatonic features, mutism, and refusal to eat or drink. Sh…
19y · Female·asphyxiation
…, who appropriately escalated to ACIS. However, she was classified as 'non-urgent' and never received a psychiatric assessment. A two-page document expressing sophisticated suicidal intent was described by expert psychi…
14y · Male·head injuries when struck by a train
…ir relationship. His presentation to Monash on 9 November 2010 with suicidal ideation was assessed by a psychiatric nurse (Nurse Sebille) rather than a child and adolescent psychiatrist as requested by his GP. The asses…
63y · Male·Multiple injuries due to fall from height
…experienced severe pain, mood disturbance with suicidal ideation, and adjustment difficulties. Although psychiatric assessment documented suicidal thoughts during admission, the treating team considered him psychiatrica…
23y · Female·drowning and citalopram overdose
…y Department by her GP, where she was assessed by an RMO and mental health nurse but crucially not by a psychiatric registrar despite being a first-time patient with significant psychiatric symptoms. She received diazep…
36y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to cardiac arrest occurring during restrain…
…a homeowner. The deceased had entered the homeowner's house without permission while experiencing acute psychiatric symptoms (paranoia, delusions) likely triggered by amphetamine use. He had signs of undiagnosed mental …
37y · Female·Drowning
Nicole McCarroll, a 37-year-old woman with a significant psychiatric history including depression and previous suicide attempts, died by drowning on 22 January 2010. She ha…
48y · Male·Gunshot wound to the chest during a police operation
…tober 2022 threatening harm to himself and family, he was admitted involuntarily to Armidale Hospital's psychiatric unit but discharged as voluntary after 24 hours with a discharge plan for follow-up. An independent for…
21y · Male·Acute hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy and pneumonia in a man with recent trauma…
…e) after orthopaedic surgery for a wrist fracture sustained while intoxicated. Carroll had a documented psychiatric history including recent involuntary mental health admission (discharged 27 May 2007) for attempted sui…
46y · Female·hypoxic ischaemic brain injury as a result of cardiac arrest following a choking…
Andrea Sewell, a 46-year-old woman with Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome (ODS) and acute psychiatric illness, died from hypoxic brain injury following a choking episode during a meal in a psychiatric inte…
69y · Female·Asphyxiation consistent with hanging
…patient's highly changeable mood as a major suicide risk factor and made no documented plan for ongoing psychiatric supervision or review—instead making assumptions about staff oversight; (2) an Individual Patient Speci…
57y · Female·Injuries sustained when struck by a train
…twice in the days before her death by suicide. She was discharged prematurely on 21 February 2008 after psychiatric assessment was planned but not properly documented or executed. Critical systemic failures included: co…
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