238 results for “post-traumatic stress”
Unknown·Ruby: ligature compression of the neck (hanging); Carly: ligature compression of…
Five young to middle-aged people with serious mental health conditions died by suicide within 12 months (March 2011 to March 2012) while under care from Alma Street Centre mental health services in Western Australia. Rub…
28y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained when struck by a freight train
Jacob Taulelei, a 28-year-old man with long-standing depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation, presented to St John of God Hospital on 5 February 2020 expressing intent to jump in front of a train. Despite being assess…
16y · Male·complications of ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
A 16-year-old Aboriginal youth, Cleveland Keith Dodd, died by suicide via hanging in Unit 18, a youth detention centre housed within an adult maximum-security prison in Western Australia. The coroner found Cleveland's de…
26y · Female·Neck injury due to stabbing
A 26-year-old woman was stabbed twice in the neck and fatally injured by her former de facto partner. Critical clinical and systemic failures preceded her death: her psychologist failed to notify police or health authori…
Male·Multiple: ligature compression of neck (hanging) in four cases; incised injury t…
Five male prisoners died by suicide at Casuarina Prison, Western Australia between 2014-2015. All deaths were by hanging or self-inflicted laceration. The coroner identified multiple systemic failures including: inadequa…
44y · Female·Hanging
…ated appropriately. Staff did not consult available electronic health records when they should have. Her distress was compounded by inability to contact family, boredom and isolation during quarantine, and being left alo…
27y · Male·Gabriella: Multiple stab wounds; Tafari: Gunshot injuries to the head and abdome…
Two deaths in a domestic violence and police operation context. Gabriella Thompson, 27, was fatally stabbed by her partner Tafari Walton in domestic violence circumstances on 13 March 2019. Police received a concern for …
31y · Male·Unable to be determined (uncertain whether drowning or other cause following app…
A 31-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder and substance use was admitted involuntarily to the Kiloh Centre after presenting in acute psychosis with suicidal ideation on 1 April 2017. His psychotic symptoms rapidly …
20y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Allan Kevin Hudson, a 20-year-old male with a history of depression, suicidality, substance abuse and previous sexual trauma, died by hanging on 13 August 2006 at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital's psychiatric ward D20. He …
43y · Female·neck compression due to hanging
A 43-year-old woman with longstanding depression and previous suicidal ideation presented to Emergency Department twice within 14 days and was referred to psychiatric services. She had persistently refused antidepressant…
21y · Male·complications of ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Sarwan Al Jhelie, a 21-year-old Iraqi-born man in immigration detention, died by suicide on 5 September 2018 after hanging himself. He had a history of trauma, depression, drug abuse, and prior self-harm and overdose att…
41y · Female·complications of intracerebral haemorrhage due to ruptured aneurysm
Dannielle Stacey Lowe, a 41-year-old Aboriginal woman, died in custody at Wandoo Rehabilitation Prison from complications of intracerebral haemorrhage due to a ruptured cerebral aneurysm. Critical missed opportunities in…
54y · Male·incised wound to the neck
…n staff; (5) unmanaged chronic pain from untreated shoulder injury and alcohol withdrawal contributed to distress. The coroner found the hospital's EEO assessment appropriate but criticised lack of holistic, person-centr…
33y · Male·Extensive burns sustained when former partner deliberately splashed petrol on hi…
F and M, two parents involved in family law proceedings over their three children, both died in a house fire in March 2022. F (aged 33) died from extensive burns after M (aged 31) deliberately splashed him with petrol an…
17y · Female·Neck compression by hanging (suicide)
XY, a 17-year-old Wemba Wemba Aboriginal girl, died by suicide on 18 July 2021 while in out-of-home care. The inquest found the Victorian Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) failed in its duty of care as …
60y · Female·neck compression by ligature strangulation
Martina Morgan, aged 60, died from ligature strangulation by her own leggings while in police custody at Sturt Police Station in March 2015. She was significantly intoxicated (BAC 0.23%) and taking benzodiazepines when a…
Multiple gunshot wounds to the head, chest, abdomen and extremities (Jennifer); …
Two children, Jack (15) and Jennifer (13), were fatally shot by their father John Edwards at their home on 5 July 2018. John had a 35-year history of family violence across multiple relationships, with documented evidenc…
asphyxia sequential to hanging (all three cases); Charles Barlow: schizophrenia …
Three linked suicide cases spanning February 2004 to October 2005 in Far North Queensland mental health services. Charles Barlow (36, Aboriginal) was denied admission despite requesting transfer to Cairns Base Hospital M…
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