301 results for “psychotic disorder”
24y · Female·multiple injuries from jumping off Bulla Road overpass onto Tullamarine Freeway
Renee Treen, aged 24, died by suicide from the Bulla Road overpass while an involuntary psychiatric patient. Critical failures included: inadequate assessment of suicide risk (prior freeway-adjacent behaviour not weighte…
24y · Male·plastic bag asphyxiation
Sean Kevin Hayes, a 24-year-old male remand prisoner, died from plastic bag asphyxiation in his cell at Canning Vale Remand Centre in Western Australia on 20-21 August 1997. He had a history of psychiatric illness, previ…
48y · Female·Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease
Margret Lillian Harris, aged 48, died of chronic obstructive airway disease while detained under the Mental Health Act at Royal Adelaide Hospital. She had longstanding COAD, right heart failure, chronic hypoxia and cyano…
27y · Female·hanging
A 27-year-old woman with borderline personality disorder and adjustment disorder died by hanging while voluntarily admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit. She h…
33y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
… died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He had been prescribed risperidone and prozac for psychotic symptoms and was experiencing significant paranoid delusions on the morning of his death. Post-mortem to…
27y · Male·Gabriella: Multiple stab wounds; Tafari: Gunshot injuries to the head and abdome…
…ortunity to intervene. Critical clinical and system factors in Tafari's case (22 years old, mental health disorder, substance misuse) were inadequately managed: he admitted drug use on parole but was not subjected to man…
41y · Female·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
…tric patient at Bentley Health Service Ward 6 on 16 December 2020. She had been admitted following acute psychotic symptoms with paranoia and suicidal ideation. The coroner found multiple inadequacies in her care: failu…
24y · Male·Multiple gunshot wounds
… an unprovoked assault on a tourist. He had presented five days prior to a psychiatrist who saw no acute psychotic symptoms and continued assertive community management. Critical systemic issues identified: excessive ps…
58y · Male·blunt force head injury
Frederick Peisley, an Aboriginal man with acquired brain injury and schizoaffective disorder, died from a head injury after falling from stairs at an aged care facility. Critical failures included p…
42y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in motor vehicle crash
A 42-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder subject to a Community Treatment Order died in a single-vehicle motor crash in rural Western Australia. H…
49y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
…clinical lessons include: (1) maintaining psychiatric continuity of care is essential for prisoners with psychotic symptoms and depression, particularly regarding medication decisions; (2) when psychiatric review is del…
Male·Multiple: ligature compression of neck (hanging) in four cases; incised injury t…
…rison Counselling Service (PCS) and mental health staffing despite known high prevalence of mental health disorders (40% with mood/anxiety disorders, 38% with personality disorders); over-reliance on prisoner denials of …
73y · Female·neck compression by ligature
…ward at Glenside Hospital. She had chronic pain since a 2002 fall, depression, and histrionic personality disorder. Two days before her death, she told her son she would be 'found dead tomorrow' and he would 'be planning…
47y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
Wayne Mark Thomson, aged 47, died by hanging on 14 February 2000. He made multiple attempts to seek help for suicidal ideation in the preceding three days, including visiting his GP, calling a crisis assessment service (…
33y · Male·sharp force injuries of the neck
Malcolm Brown, a 33-year-old Aboriginal man with a history of methamphetamine use, mental health crisis, and self-harm threats, died from sharp force injuries to his neck on 29 June 2022 following a NSW Police operation.…
37y · Male·Hanging, self-inflicted with intention of taking own life
…ound hanging on City Hill on 15 February 2010. His toxicology showed therapeutic levels of Clopixol (antipsychotic) and below-threshold cannabis. He was receiving fortnightly Clopixol injections and had regular psychiat…
Eva Arany: gunshot wound to the neck; Jeno Arany: traumatic brain damage complic…
An elderly man with severe depression, suicidal ideation, and ongoing psychiatric risk was hospitalised twice in 2000 and discharged on antidepressant medication. Despite staff identifying he owned seven firearms and pos…
2y · Male·Asphyxiation due to neck and/or chest compression
…y died from asphyxiation due to chest and neck compression inflicted by his mother during an acute manic psychotic episode. The mother had been admitted to psychiatric care in December 2008 with psychosis and was prescr…
27y · Male·Multiple gunshot wounds
Damon Savage, 27, died from multiple gunshot wounds during a police response to a domestic violence incident. He had called police while assaulting his partner, armed himself with two large knives, advanced towards offic…
26y · Male·multiple injuries from fall from height
A 26-year-old man with schizophrenia was discharged from mental health inpatient care on a community treatment order without meeting his allocated case manager, confirmed accommodation, or drug and alcohol intervention. …
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