367 results for “general anxiety disorder”
suicide by hanging or other means
Six young people aged 12-17 years died by suicide between 2010-2014 in Tasmania. All had significant mental health issues, trauma histories, and contact with child protection services or schools. The coroner identified s…
33y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (heroin, buprenorphine and benzodiazepines)
A 33-year-old man with polysubstance abuse disorder and mental illness died from mixed drug toxicity (heroin, buprenorphine, and benzodiazepines). He engaged…
48y · Male·unascertained
Daniel Harvey, a 48-year-old man with morbid obesity, cirrhosis, diabetes, and polysubstance use including methadone and methamphetamine, was found unresponsive in immigration detention on 10 August 2020. He had complain…
Unknown·Gunshot wound to the head (self-inflicted)
…here individuals gained easy access to firearms. Julia Morris, 23, with documented borderline personality disorder and recent suicide attempt, was discharged from hospital and attended the range the same day without safe…
38y · Male·hanging
…oxing bout. During his football career, he developed obsessive behaviours, cognitive changes, depression, anxiety and forgetfulness. Later he experienced psychotic symptoms with auditory hallucinations and suicidal idea…
37y · Male·Combined effects of presumed heavy metal poisoning from an unknown material and …
…iatrists should not 'reverse' long-standing schizophrenia diagnoses based on alternative theories (autism/anxiety) without robust diagnostic evidence; family counselling and community treatment orders should be consider…
41y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging) and penetrating sharp force injury (s…
…ssons include: (1) Critical failures in mental health assessment—Corey's disclosure of hearing voices and anxiety (21 August 2024) and his urgent request for a nurse appointment (14 October 2024) were not appropriately …
38y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained when struck by a train
Natasha Stojkoski, a 38-year-old sales assistant at The Good Guys, sustained a workplace injury in October 2018 involving a Work Assisted Vehicle incident affecting her back, shoulders and neck. Subsequently, she reporte…
15y · Male·Combined heroin and methamphetamine toxicity
T, a 15-year-old boy subject to a Care by Secretary Order, died from combined heroin and methamphetamine toxicity on 24 November 2019. He had experienced multiple placement instability (over 20 placements in two years), …
69y · Female·Multiple stab wounds
Caroline Willis, aged 69, was fatally stabbed by her son Jamie in May 2018, two hours after he was served with a Family Violence Intervention Order (FVIO). The death was homicidal and occurred within a context of escalat…
91y · Male·Multi-organ failure due to inanition complicating prolonged delirium of uncertai…
…e due to severe malnutrition (inanition) complicating prolonged delirium of unknown cause at Repatriation General Hospital on 30 July 2014. He had been admitted voluntarily and subsequently placed on mental health deten…
36y · Male·Mixed prescription drug toxicity (morphine, lignocaine, amiodarone and midazolam…
Damian Crump, aged 36, was an intensive care paramedic with Ambulance Tasmania who died by suicide on 23 December 2016 by deliberately consuming fatal quantities of morphine, lignocaine, amiodarone and midazolam stolen f…
33y · Female·hanging, self-inflicted with intention of taking her own life
Naomi Watson Ley, a 33-year-old woman with a history of depression and borderline personality disorder, was admitted to Royal North Shore Hospital following suicidal ideation after medication changes (moclobe…
43y · Female·External neck compression due to self-inflicted hanging
…43-year-old NSW Police officer died by suicide on duty while suffering from work-related Major Depressive Disorder and PTSD. She had a suicide attempt in November 2012 that was not formally investigated as a new incident…
27y · Female·Pentobarbitone toxicity
A 27-year-old veterinary nurse with a 5-year history of depression died from pentobarbitone toxicity self-administered at her workplace. She had two previous suicide attempts (2010, 2011) both involving alcohol. On the e…
30y · Male·gunshot wound to the head as a result of a police operation
Danukul Mokmool, aged 30, died on 26 July 2017 after being shot by NSW Police at Central Railway Station following a mental health crisis. He was experiencing acute psychosis with paranoid delusions that his family inten…
44y · Male·Combined drug effect (oxycodone and benzodiazepines)
A 44-year-old man with a history of heroin addiction registered as a drug addict in 2010 died from combined drug effect involving oxycodone and benzodiazepines. Despite being a registered drug addict, he obtained prescri…
36y · Male·Cannot be determined
CD, aged 36, disappeared on 17 June 2019 after exhibiting significant mental health deterioration, recent suicidal ideation, paranoia, alcohol abuse, and relationship breakdown. The coroner found sufficient evidence that…
43y · Female·mixed drug toxicity including methadone
43-year-old woman with long-standing opioid and benzodiazepine dependence died from mixed drug toxicity including methadone, amitriptyline, pregabalin, duloxetine, diazepam and paracetamol. Two GPs prescribed drugs witho…
53y · Male·asphyxia from combined effects of neck compression from hanging and suffocation …
John Trenorden died by suicide in prison following his arrest for allegedly murdering his former business partner Penelope Christopher. Police correctly identified him as at-risk after he attempted to step in front of tr…
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