475 results for “psychiatric admission”
76y · Female·aspiration of gastro-intestinal contents as a result of small bowel obstruction …
A 76-year-old woman with Alzheimer's dementia and psychiatric illness collapsed on 1 January 2009 and was assessed in the Emergency Department. Dr B. diagnosed vasov…
32y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
…ith a complex history of criminal behaviour, mental health disorders, polysubstance abuse, and multiple psychiatric admissions, died by suicide on 6 March 2019 via self-inflicted gunshot wound using a rifle stolen from …
72y · Male·Cranial fracture and intracranial haemorrhage from self-inflicted fall
…and intracranial haemorrhage sustained when he deliberately threw himself backwards onto the floor of a psychiatric ward. He was an involuntary patient in the High Dependency Unit experiencing acute psychotic relapse wi…
36y · Male·neck compression in the circumstances of hanging
…services expressing distress but denying suicidal intent. NWMHS Triage's assessment was appropriate and psychiatric admission was not clinically indicated. The coroner found no causal connection between police actions a…
30y · Male·Heroin toxicity
… 30-year-old Aboriginal man with schizophrenia and polysubstance dependence, was admitted to The Alfred Psychiatric Unit involuntarily on 24 March 2010 for psychotic relapse. His symptoms improved rapidly with antipsych…
34y · Male·hanging
…y Farmer, aged 34, died by hanging at his home on 23 May 2008, six hours after being granted leave from psychiatric detention at Woodleigh House. He had attempted suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning two days earlier fo…
Female·hanging (suicide)
…fficulties, unemployment, and loss of private health insurance limited her access to ongoing specialist psychiatric support. Despite her psychiatrist's efforts and prescriptions for home detoxification, she was unable t…
58y · Male·Gastrointestinal haemorrhage due to erosive gastritis
… due to erosive gastritis at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital on 19 April 2004. He had been an involuntary psychiatric patient at Graylands Hospital since 1992, following a severe head injury sustained in a motor vehicle a…
27y · Male·traumatic injuries and/or drowning from jumping from Tasman Bridge
A 27-year-old Iranian asylum seeker died by suicide after jumping from Tasman Bridge. He had a complex psychiatric history including depression, anxiety, and adjustment disorder, with multiple self-harm episodes. His s…
36y · Male·Multi-organ failure complicating injecting drug use
…ear-old man with a 13-year history of schizophrenia and substance abuse was admitted involuntarily to a psychiatric unit on 15 September 2012 after community deterioration. He improved over several weeks and was transit…
52y · Male·Unascertained
…utside despite guideline recommendations that newly admitted patients should not be granted leave until psychiatric assessment. After displaying elevated mood with 'grand plans' to drive to Cairns, he was appropriately …
35y · Male·Choking due to impaction of soap in airway
A 35-year-old man with treatment-resistant depression and complex psychiatric presentation died from choking on a bar of soap while in involuntary psychiatric care. He had attempted…
47y · Male·abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia) induced by atherosclerosis, occurring in the …
…boptimal; and a previously recommended CPAP device was not provided. Better coordination of cardiac and psychiatric care, closer monitoring of vital signs and physical examination findings, and judicious medication sele…
31y · Male·Hanging
…disorder presented to mental health services after a suicide attempt on 30 March 2005, discharged after psychiatric assessment at Maroondah Hospital ED. Following several crisis presentations over the next week, he was …
24y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to hanging
…oid schizophrenia, substance abuse disorder, and anti-social personality disorder, died by hanging in a psychiatric unit after a suicide attempt. He was admitted on 4 January 2016 with suicidal ideation and assessed as …
38y · Male·electrical injury
…ion at home on 17 November 2022 while on a Community Treatment Order (CTO). He had experienced multiple psychiatric relapses requiring hospitalization, with the most recent admission ending 4 October 2022. Despite regul…
34y · Male·Incision/stab wound to the neck
…n a regular cell that had not been searched and contained a razor blade fragment. Key clinical lessons: psychiatric review should follow self-harm requiring surgical intervention; mental health assessment should not rel…
27y · Female·multiple gunshot injuries with a stab injury to the heart
Penelope Pratt, 27, was murdered on 28 November 2010 following discharge from a psychiatric admission at Maroondah Hospital. She called 000 twice that evening from an unsafe situation with armed …
41y · Female·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
…etya, a 41-year-old Bulgarian-born woman, died by ligature compression of the neck while an involuntary psychiatric patient at Bentley Health Service Ward 6 on 16 December 2020. She had been admitted following acute psy…
68y · Female·Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy as a result of Hanging
…al of self-harm intent and preoccupation with delusions about her husband. She was admitted to an acute psychiatric unit but placed in an open ward (rather than the planned observation area) due to bed unavailability. N…
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