367 results for “general anxiety disorder”
48y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (morphine, codeine, venlafaxine, amitriptyline and zopiclone…
A 48-year-old woman with depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder died from mixed drug toxicity while on voluntary inpatient psychiatric admission. S…
25y · Male·The available evidence does not allow for any finding to be made as to the cause…
Karl Melo-Richards, a 25-year-old man with a long history of depression and suicidal ideation since age 14-15, went missing on 2 September 2016. Despite extensive police investigations and searches, his body was never fo…
45y · Male·unascertained
Paul Clifford York, 45, disappeared from Petrudor Rocks National Park on 10 November 2011 and is presumed dead. He had a long history of depression, suicidal ideation, and previous suicide attempts by hanging and overdos…
44y · Female·Intoxication by the combined effects of tramadol, methadone, diazepam, codeine, …
Anne Christine Brain, a 44-year-old woman with schizophrenia, anxiety, and depression who was opioid-dependent, died from intoxication by combined effects of tramadol, methado…
35y · Female·combined drug toxicity
A 35-year-old woman with long-standing substance use disorder, depression, and chronic pain died from combined drug toxicity involving methadone, pregabalin, methamphe…
52y · Male·septicaemia caused by Streptococcus Milleri group pneumonia
…cus Milleri pneumonia, with drug toxicity as a contributing factor. He was a complex patient with bipolar disorder, chronic pain, hepatitis B and C, and a history of substance use managed by a single GP. Dr W. co-prescri…
63y · Female·Unascertained (natural causes) - favoured mechanism sudden cardiac arrhythmia
Deborah Christine Barker, a 63-year-old woman with intellectual disability living in specialist disability accommodation, was found unresponsive in the toilet and declared deceased at 7:32pm on 13 May 2022. Autopsy revea…
46y · Male·Consistent with exhaust fumes toxicity (suicide by carbon monoxide)
…, Gavin Lyle Woods, died by suicide after prolonged workplace stress and an undertreated major depressive disorder. He had been a deputy principal at Burpengary State School for only five months. Clinical lessons include…
49y · Male·Shotgun wound to the head
…e suicide risk assessment when patients present with major depression, marital breakdown, and alcohol use disorder. Although clinicians noted severe stress, anxiety, and depression on structured assessment tools, the foc…
63y · Female·Combined features of bronchopneumonia, emphysema and ischaemic heart disease on …
A 63-year-old woman with depression, anxiety, liver cirrhosis, and chronic drug use died from bronchopneumonia, emphysema, and ischaemic heart disease…
59y · Male·Gunshot wound of head
…financial stress related to property investment losses. He had received counselling and GP management for anxiety and insomnia but access to firearms was not restricted despite documented suicide risk. Key clinical less…
14y · Female·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Child RK, aged 14, died by suicide while in Department of Communities care at a therapeutic residential group home on 20 April 2022. She had Complex PTSD from childhood trauma and presented multiple times to emergency de…
23y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to hanging
…s (OHS) and Correctional Services (QCS): OHS staff received multiple requests from Holstein for help with anxiety and depression via Medical Request Forms in October-November 2015, with a 16-day delay before VMO consult…
35y · Male·neck compression from hanging
…he Mental Health Act but discharged after only 3 days without a discharge summary, without contacting his general practitioner, and without arranging community mental health follow-up. Clinical lessons include: inadequa…
27y · Male·Gunshot wound to the chest fired by Sergeant Matthew Gale of the Australian Fede…
…cted by AFP Sergeant Matthew Gale during a mental health crisis. Nathan had a long history of depression, anxiety, and alcohol abuse, with two prior suicide attempts by overdose in 2010 and 2011. After relationship conf…
50y · Male·Gunshot injury to the head
…t injury after a drink-driving incident and receipt of an eviction notice. The coroner found his treating general practitioner and cardiologist were unaware he held a firearms licence. Key clinical learning: mental heal…
47y · Female·Traumatic closed head injury likely sustained in a fall from standing
…ism cause osteoporosis and increased fall risk; importance of assessing fall risk in patients with eating disorders and alcohol use disorder; need for stronger intervention when patients understate alcohol consumption an…
63y · Male·acute blood loss due to self-inflicted sharp force incisional wounds of the thro…
A 63-year-old man with multiple chronic conditions including psoriatic arthritis, depression, prostate cancer, and recent dental issues died by self-inflicted sharp force wounds while on approved leave from a mental heal…
58y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (eucalyptus oil, alcohol, venlafaxine, quetiapine, propra…
A 58-year-old man with chronic depression, anxiety and personality disorders died from combined drug toxicity (eucalyptus oil, alcohol, venlafaxine, quetiap…
37y · Male·Subarachnoid haemorrhage due to ruptured berry aneurysm of the right middle cere…
…the cause was natural—a spontaneous aneurysm rupture. While intracranial aneurysms occur in 0.4-6% of the general population and may be more common in vascular EDS, there is no medical consensus supporting routine scree…
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