36 results for “psychotic_relapse”
38y · Male·carbon monoxide toxicity
Samuel Mark Walsh died by carbon monoxide toxicity (suicide) in October 2014 while subject to a custody order for a forensic mental health condition. He had paranoid schizophrenia and had been remarkably stable on clozap…
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…
35y · Male·Unknown
Dennis Brooks, 35, a man with paranoid schizophrenia, disappeared from his Katoomba home on 2 May 2016 after exhibiting signs of psychotic relapse. Although his sister reported him missing on 4 May, a coordinated land se…
72y · Male·Cranial fracture and intracranial haemorrhage from self-inflicted fall
Frank Sette, a 72-year-old man with longstanding schizophrenia, died from a cranial fracture and intracranial haemorrhage sustained when he deliberately threw himself backwards onto the floor of a psychiatric ward. He wa…
33y · Male·gunshot wounds to chest and upper arm
A 33-year-old man with bipolar disorder on reducing doses of risperidone experienced a psychotic relapse and stabbed a stranger at a railway station. He then entered a police station with a knife, advancing on officers d…
62y · Male·Incised wound to the neck
A 62-year-old man died from an incised neck wound inflicted by his son during a psychotic relapse. The son, with a 15-year history of schizophrenia managed in the community, was experiencing worsening psychotic symptoms …
24y · Male·blunt trauma and drowning due to intentional jumping from Tasman Bridge
A 24-year-old male international student and graduate employee experienced his first acute psychotic episode in December 2022, triggered by workplace stress and unsubstantiated beliefs about colleague manipulation. Initi…
31y · Male·undetermined
Erol Elmas, a 31-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder, died in custody at Thomas Embling Hospital on 30 November 2022. The cause of death remains undetermined despite thorough pathological investigation. Mr Elmas w…
34y · Male·gunshot injuries to the torso
Ashley Fildes, a 34-year-old man with schizophrenia, was fatally shot by police on 1 May 2020 after stabbing multiple people at a shopping centre while in acute psychosis. He had been non-compliant with depot antipsychot…
Female, male·Stab wounds inflicted by Joel Cauchi
Joel Cauchi, suffering a psychotic relapse of chronic schizophrenia, carried out a rapid active armed offender (AAO) attack at Westfield Bondi Junction shopping center on 13 April 2024. Within three minutes, he fatally s…
58y · Male·coronary artery arteriosclerosis (natural causes)
Philip Sulley, 58, died of coronary artery arteriosclerosis on 27 April 2020 at Bentley Mental Health Unit. He presented to Royal Perth Hospital emergency department on 19 April 2020 with psychotic behaviour but was disc…
49y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained when struck by a truck
Ashley Paull, a 49-year-old Aboriginal man with schizophrenia, died after being struck by a truck while walking along the Pacific Highway following his release from police custody. He had been stopped for a positive road…
30y · Male·Heroin toxicity
David D'Angelo, a 30-year-old Aboriginal man with schizophrenia and polysubstance dependence, was admitted to The Alfred Psychiatric Unit involuntarily on 24 March 2010 for psychotic relapse. His symptoms improved rapidl…
24y · Male·multiple stab wounds to the chest that he inflicted upon himself
A 24-year-old man with diagnosed schizophrenia experienced a relapse and engaged in a dangerous spree involving vehicle theft, assault, and police pursuit. Despite psychiatric treatment with antipsychotics, he stopped me…
59y · Female·multiple injuries from fall from height
Fiona Turnbull, a 59-year-old woman with chronic schizophrenia on clozapine, died from multiple injuries after falling from her third-floor balcony on 12 October 2017 during a psychotic relapse. The death occurred shortl…
59y · Female·head injury
Ms Athiel Deng, a 59-year-old Sudanese refugee, was fatally assaulted by her son Majang Ngor during an acute psychotic episode induced by cannabis and methamphetamine use. Ngor had a documented first psychotic episode in…
29y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a train incident (intentional self-harm)
Grant Phillips, 29-year-old with schizophrenia and complex psychiatric history including multiple suicide attempts, was admitted involuntarily to Broadmeadows Inpatient Psychiatric Unit on 5 May 2007. Despite being asses…
Multiple stab wounds to chest (David Gerard: stab wound to chest piercing heart;…
Joint inquest into two homicides by individuals with schizophrenia who were managed by mental health services. Anthony Butler stabbed David Gerard in 2001 after being discharged from Glenside Hospital without Community T…
45y · Male·Cardiorespiratory arrest due to coronary artery disease, severe psychosis requir…
Stanley King, a 45-year-old man with severe psychosis, coronary artery disease, and obesity, died from cardiorespiratory arrest triggered by antipsychotic-induced laryngeal dystonia. Admitted involuntarily for acute psyc…
36y · Male·Multiple Sharp Force Injuries to Chest and Neck
Mr J, a 36-year-old with a history of first-episode psychosis (2012) and relapse (2014) both associated with methamphetamine use, ceased antipsychotic medication in September 2019 with GP support after achieving 3 years …
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