367 results for “general anxiety disorder”
55y · Male·Hanging
Craig Geoffrey Rickard, aged 55, died by hanging on 15 January 2020, three days after release from custody serving a Community Corrections Order. He had presented to mental health services multiple times in September 201…
28y · Male·consistent with drowning
Benjamin Pappas, a 28-year-old with a history of substance abuse, depression, borderline personality disorder, and suicidal ideation, died by drowning on approximately 4 March 2007, following the discovery that his …
41y · Female·mixed drug and alcohol toxicity
Karen Louise Richards, 41 years old, died from mixed drug and alcohol toxicity on 11 January 2014. She had consumed heroin (evidenced by 6-MAM metabolite), alcohol, benzodiazepines, and other prescription medications. He…
36y · Male·Multiple Sharp Force Injuries to Chest and Neck
Mr J, a 36-year-old with a history of first-episode psychosis (2012) and relapse (2014) both associated with methamphetamine use, ceased antipsychotic medication in September 2019 with GP support after achieving 3 years …
25y · Male·immersion in water (drowning)
…each, Western Australia on 7 July 2019 and is presumed drowned. He had a history of mental health issues (anxiety, depression, bipolar affective disorder) but was assessed as psychiatrically well in January 2019 and dis…
46y · Female·Combined drug toxicity in a woman found in a bath
A 46-year-old woman with borderline personality disorder and bipolar affective disorder type 2 died from combined drug toxicity. She had a long history of overdos…
18y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
Tiesha Marie Derbyshire, an 18-year-old with complex mental health conditions including eating disorder, PTSD, and borderline personality disorder, died from mixed drug toxicity after intentionally overdosing …
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 (…
37y · Female·asphyxia due to hanging
…g children requiring her care; (2) the diagnosis should have been major depression rather than adjustment disorder, elevating suicide risk; (3) the transfer of care form to the Crisis Assessment and Treatment team was no…
27y · Male·Hanging
Richard Hilton, a 27-year-old with longstanding bipolar affective disorder and benzodiazepine dependence, presented to Werribee ED three times in two months with suicidal ideation …
24y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (clonazepam, diazepam, methadone, tramadol, pregabalin)
Jayden Kain Wright, a 24-year-old Aboriginal man, died from combined drug toxicity involving clonazepam, diazepam, methadone, tramadol, and pregabalin. Following a motor vehicle collision in 2020, he developed opioid add…
56y · Female·combined drug toxicity (methadone, diazepam, amitriptyline and mirtazapine); pul…
…adone combined with prescribed medications. The coroner noted that although prescribing practices warrant general scrutiny, there was insufficient causal connection to warrant formal investigation of her own doctors' de…
20y · Male·gunshot wound to the chest
A 20-year-old man with borderline personality disorder, who had made over 25 suicide attempts in the two years prior, died from a gunshot wound sustained during…
49y · Female and male·Gunshot wound to head inflicted by spouse
…pecialist domestic violence support services despite her explicit disclosure of intimate partner abuse; a general practitioner treating both victim and perpetrator concurrently without formal risk assessment or safety p…
17y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
…HD medication (Strattera). He had recently ceased this medication and was experiencing depressed mood and anxiety. He was assessed by a psychiatrist (Dr H.) on 25 November 2010 who deemed him at low-to-moderate immediat…
52y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
… but was not referred to mental health support. Critically, clinicians at both the urgent care centre and general practice failed to screen for family violence despite multiple indicators being present (recent separatio…
25y · Female·Mixed drug consumption (pregabalin, oxycodone, desmethylvenlafaxine, aripiprazol…
… She had WHO Class III obesity (BMI 94.5), cardiac hypertrophy, and mental health conditions (depression, anxiety, complex PTSD). She received illicit oxycodone and pregabalin from her incarcerated partner and ingested …
32y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
Mark Bombardieri, a 32-year-old man with a complex history of criminal behaviour, mental health disorders, polysubstance abuse, and multiple psychiatric admissions, died by suicide on 6 March 2019 via self-infl…
35y · Male·Not determined
Benjamin Batalha, aged 35, died in custody at Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre. The exact cause of death could not be determined, though respiratory depression from mixed drug toxicity or fatal arrhythmia were likely. H…
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…
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