212 results for “involuntary psychiatric admission”
25y · Male·Injuries sustained when struck by a train (suicide)
…fective disorder, borderline personality disorder, and antisocial personality traits, was admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit (IPU1) on 12 April 2013 following a serious suicide attempt by hanging. He died the next…
48y · Male·Drowning
… health assessment. He re-presented within hours, was deemed not to meet Mental Health Act criteria for involuntary treatment, and was planning medical admission for investigation and alcohol detoxification. While await…
62y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury complicating mixed drug toxicity
…July. The coroner found her suicide risk was assessed as moderate and she was discharged with follow-up psychiatric appointment the next day. Critical clinical lessons: suicide risk assessment should weight objective fa…
50y · Male·upper airway obstruction (choking) from tissue paper
…se ball of tissue paper while in the mental health assessment unit at Fiona Stanley Hospital. He was an involuntary patient under the Mental Health Act. Although the clinical decision-making regarding his level of obser…
22y · Male·Multiple injuries caused when the vehicle he was driving collided with a tree
22-year-old Benjamin Gilligan died in a motor vehicle crash while fleeing psychiatric care, having been recently diagnosed with methylamphetamine-induced psychosis. Key clinical issues iden…
51y · Male·undetermined natural causes
Chris Prasad, a 51-year-old involuntary psychiatric inpatient with schizoaffective disorder, diabetes type 2, hypertension, and obesity (BMI 30…
Male·Multiple injuries due to train over-run (suicide by train)
…read the medical file. Charles Powell (17) was assessed in the ED on 31 July 2006 and discharged without admission despite concerning collateral information from his case manager about psychosis, self-harm, and drug use…
53y · Male·severe burns
Mr Bloomfield, a 53-year-old man with complex psychiatric and substance abuse history, was apprehended by police under section 10 Mental Health Act after threate…
24y · Male·Strangulation by hanging
…stmas Eve 2009, four hours after being informed that his anticipated 4-day Christmas leave from PARC (a psychiatric step-down facility) would be reduced to 2 days. The clinical team made this decision without consulting…
22y · Male·Multiple injuries from fall from height
Mitchell Follent, 22, died by fall from a third-floor balcony five days after discharge from his first psychiatric admission for post-ictal/drug-induced psychosis. He had intellectual disability, epilepsy, and acquired…
41y · Male·complications in association with effects of fire, with terminal palliative care
…ity Treatment Order. Wilson was discharged from Graylands Hospital on 29 October 2021 following a 12-day admission for management of psychosis and recent suicidal behaviour (drain cleaner ingestion). Key deficiencies in…
asphyxia sequential to hanging (all three cases); Charles Barlow: schizophrenia …
… October 2005 in Far North Queensland mental health services. Charles Barlow (36, Aboriginal) was denied admission despite requesting transfer to Cairns Base Hospital Mental Health Unit; discharged from Yarrabah hospita…
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