475 results for “psychiatric admission”
48y · Female·Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease
… psychosis that rendered her unable to self-manage her medical conditions. She was admitted following a psychiatric crisis on 9 July 2002 and placed on a continuing detention order. Her condition progressively deteriora…
62y · Male·Cerebral ischaemic injury due to hanging
…liar, a 62-year-old man with severe bipolar affective disorder, died from hanging in Frankston Hospital psychiatric ward on 16 November 2012 after an involuntary admission for treatment-resistant depression with suicida…
63y · Male·respiratory failure due to chronic denervation atrophy due to peripheral neuropa…
…e. He was admitted to hospital with progressive restrictive lung disease and muscle weakness. During his admission, he expressed suicidal ideation, underwent psychiatric assessment, and was managed with appropriate end-…
25y · Male·Head injury sustained on impact with a train
Edward Timothy Peterson, aged 25, was involuntarily admitted to Maroondah Hospital's psychiatric unit on 11 February 2021 with first episode psychosis. Clinical care by psychiatrist Dr C. was appropri…
64y · Male·Complications of congestive cardiac failure on a background of cardiac hypertrop…
QBT, a 64-year-old man with complex medical and psychiatric history including schizophrenia, COPD, and hypertension, was admitted to Bendigo Hospital on an Assessm…
41y · Male·Hanging
… died by hanging in Port Phillip Prison in March 2008. The coroner identified multiple system failures: psychiatric assessment referrals were not acted upon despite evidence of deteriorating mental state and suicidal id…
33y · Female·multiple injuries sustained when struck by a train
… had been brought to the ED by police under Mental Health Act section 10 after threatening suicide. The psychiatric team assessed her as not meeting involuntary treatment criteria and admitted her voluntarily to the psy…
33y · Male·complications from blunt force trauma to head consequent upon being struck by a …
…CAT) Team assessed him at 5pm and concluded he was not suicidal, diagnosing drug withdrawal rather than psychiatric illness. Later that evening, he deliberately ran into traffic and died from head injuries 9 days later.…
28y · Male·hanging
…d in late 2009, assessment identified paranoid delusional thinking. Dr K. recommended voluntary hospital admission on 2 March 2010, which Mr Stagg initially accepted but declined the next day. Involuntary admission was …
20y · Female·injuries received from a fall from the viewing platform at Perriwen Lookout at M…
…ues, presented to Nambour Hospital on 17 May 2005 expressing suicidal ideation. She was admitted to the psychiatric ward with initial diagnosis of adjustment disorder with depressed mood and anxiety. On 20 May 2005, she…
40y · Male·unascertained
…man with bipolar affective disorder, chronic back pain, and substance abuse history, died suddenly in a psychiatric inpatient unit (Upton House) on 3 January 2012. He was admitted involuntarily on 30 December 2011 durin…
36y · Male·hanging
…fter violent behaviour toward his father while intoxicated. Despite police concerns, family requests for admission, and his treating psychiatrist's recommendation for involuntary admission, he was discharged after brief…
53y · Male·Cervical spine distraction and hanging
…eneral care was reasonable but identified significant deficiencies in discharge planning: PARC step-down admission was inappropriately unavailable due to accommodation funding restrictions; ACIS referral was not arrange…
70y · Male·Hanging
…er than depression. Following a serious overdose attempt, he was admitted to psychiatry, improved during admission, and was discharged with antidepressant therapy and community follow-up. However, he ceased taking his p…
24y · Male·blunt trauma and drowning due to intentional jumping from Tasman Bridge
… Initial ED presentation was appropriate with normal investigations, but he left against medical advice. Admission to mental health unit followed police intervention; he improved on antipsychotic medication but ceased c…
42y · Male·Sudden cardiac death in the context of schizophrenia
…renia (formerly diagnosed as bipolar disorder), died suddenly on 23 September 2013 while an involuntary psychiatric patient at Cowdy Ward, Royal Darwin Hospital. He had been admitted on 8 August 2013 and was in the proc…
41y · Male·Injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (driver) in a man with coronary a…
…is mother's car unlicensed and at excessive speed into oncoming traffic. He had a documented history of psychiatric illness with multiple involuntary admissions, medication non-compliance, and recent suicidal ideation e…
83y · Male·inanition with lobar pneumonia
…received comprehensive multidisciplinary care including medical, nursing, dietary, speech pathology and psychiatric input. Despite these efforts, his condition deteriorated rapidly due to advanced cachexia and he develo…
49y · Male·incised injury to the neck
…y police. Clinical lessons emerged regarding mental health assessment and crisis response. On 5 August, psychiatric assessment in ED correctly followed the Mental Health Act in declining involuntary admission, though th…
48y · Male·drowning
…s to separate transferring patients. The death highlights gaps in observation protocols for disoriented psychiatric patients awaiting transfer.
AI-generated summary and tagging — may contain inaccuracies; refer to original finding for legal purposes. Report an inaccuracy.