301 results for “psychotic disorder”
43y · Male·aspiration of vegetable matter with occlusion of the upper airway
Peter Cornish, a 43-year-old man with a 17-year history of bipolar disorder, died on 25 September 2001 from aspiration of vegetable matter while experiencing a severe manic episode.…
36y · Female·Internal injuries consequent on being stabbed repeatedly by Rocky Manu, a man wi…
Jasmine Roennfeldt, a 36-year-old woman with schizoaffective disorder being treated at a community mental health clinic, died from stab wounds inflicted by her flatmate Rocky …
45y · Male·focal coronary artery disease and cardiomegaly
… cardiomegaly during an involuntary psychiatric admission. He presented with acute psychosis from bipolar disorder requiring emergency response and Mental Health Act detention. During his 2-day hospital stay, clinicians …
21y · Male·Compression of the neck consequent upon hanging
A 21-year-old man with longstanding schizoaffective disorder, substance dependence and anti-social personality disorder died by hanging following absconding from hosp…
48y · Female·Head injury
Frances May Cooper, a 48-year-old woman with chronic paranoid schizophrenia, died from head injuries after being struck by a train on 30 October 2011 while on unescorted leave from the mental health unit at Kalgoorlie Re…
78y · Female·Complications arising from a left femur fracture following an unwitnessed fall i…
Doreen Mansfield, a 78-year-old woman with bipolar affective disorder managed with lithium and ECT, was admitted to the Royal Hobart Hospital under a Mental Health Act treatme…
33y · Female·Gunshot wound to the back of the chest
… yet found insufficient evidence to exclude accident as a cause. Geoffrey's psychiatric condition (brief psychotic disorder with paranoid delusions) prevented his attendance and cross-examination at inquest, significant…
41y · Male·head and chest injuries from fall from height
…. He had a 15-year history of mental illness with multiple suicide attempts, previously managed with antipsychotic injections and antidepressants. Critical clinical lessons: medication non-adherence was the key factor—t…
19y · Female·multiple injuries sustained in a train incident
JVM was a 19-year-old with major depressive disorder, anxiety, and possible first-episode psychosis who died by suicide after jumping in front of a train. She…
50y · Female·Hanging
…017. Despite supportive interventions from senior judges and mental health treatment for major depressive disorder, she resigned in July 2017 and died by suicide in October 2017. The coroner found medical care was approp…
34y · Female·Multiple injuries from pedestrian motor vehicle collision; suicide by stepping i…
Jennifer Bell, a 34-year-old woman with severe postnatal depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and borderline personality disorder, died by suicide on 2 October 2007 after stepping into the path of a…
31y · Male·Hanging
Scott Matthew O'Connor, a 31-year-old male, died by suicide in the Maximum Security Unit of Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre on 22 January 2013. He had been assessed as high-risk for self-harm and placed on 30-minute ob…
49y · Male·incised injury to the neck
Andrew Key, a 49-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder, died by suicide on 11 August 2015 after self-inflicting a neck injury while being restrained by police. …
29y · Male·Unascertained causes on a background of agitated delirium state
…ental illness died in police custody during transport to a police station. He had stopped taking his antipsychotic medication (Risperidone 4mg daily) following GP advice to reduce it, without follow-up. On the day of de…
18y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
…h inadequate community follow-up. A critical gap existed in services for high-functioning autism spectrum disorder—he was ineligible for disability services (IQ >70) yet too complex for standard mental health services. T…
Constable Arnold: single gunshot wound to the chest. Constable McCrow: gunshot w…
…Gareth, Stacey, and Nathaniel Train) died on 12 December 2022. The Trains suffered from shared delusional disorder characterised by persecutory beliefs, anti-government views, and end-times religious ideology. Four const…
38y · Male·Multiple injuries
Mr Shane Kenneth Warrick, 38, was assessed at Sunshine Hospital's Emergency Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team (ECATT) on 25 August 2013 after reporting thoughts of harming his father. He had a complex psychiatric hist…
34y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
A 34-year-old man with longstanding psychiatric illness died by hanging four days after discharge from psychiatric hospital. He had been admitted twice in August-September 1999 with active suicidal ideation and homicidal…
43y · Female·suffocation
Ms K, aged 43, was killed by her husband through suffocation on 7 March 2017 after years of coercive control, physical violence, and emotional abuse. A critical police response on 17 August 2016 when Ms K reported car va…
45y · Female·haemorrhage due to traumatic rupture of the liver
A 45-year-old woman with a long history of bipolar disorder and personality disorder presented to the ED at 2:30 AM after cutting her wrist deeply with a carving kni…
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