475 results for “psychiatric admission”
21y · Male·Head injury sustained in fall from height
…sustained jumping from a 3-metre hospital courtyard wall on 1 January 2011. He had been admitted to the psychiatric unit 10 days earlier with paranoid delusions and command hallucinations telling him to commit suicide. …
50y · Male·Drowning
…in. He was appropriately referred to Peel Health Campus for assessment. The ED doctor referred him to a psychiatric liaison nurse, who assessed him as low risk after he denied family history of mental illness and suicid…
67y · Male·Head injuries sustained from a fall from the upstairs landing in Goldsmith G Blo…
… died by suicide in prison on 6 February 2017 after falling head-first from a landing. He had a complex psychiatric history including anxiety, depression, hyponatraemia, and two previous psychiatric admissions. Whilst i…
28y · Female·aspiration of gastric contents complicating laxative abuse
…fabricated a terminal cancer diagnosis to conceal anorexia nervosa and factitious disorder. During a RAH admission, a CT scan revealed dozens of tablets in her stomach, but staff accepted her explanation (pain medicatio…
37y · Male·blunt force injuries to the head and chest from jumping off an 8.65 metre roof
…ttempted suicide by jumping overboard. He was rescued and admitted involuntarily to Cowdy Ward, an open psychiatric ward, following assessment in the ED. He was assessed as highest risk for suicide but placed on 15-minu…
33y · Male·Cardio-respiratory arrest in the setting of prone restraint of an agitated obese…
… mental health community treatment order was revoked. He was admitted to the ED rather than a dedicated psychiatric unit due to lack of mental health beds. After initial sedation, he was managed with partial restraint a…
29y · Male·hanging
A 29-year-old man remanded in custody at Adelaide Remand Centre died by hanging on 15 January 2000. At admission, he denied self-harm risk and psychiatric history; no warning signs were identified. He was found hangin…
47y · Female·Multiple injuries from being struck by a train
A 47-year-old woman with major depressive disorder and anxiety died by suicide while an involuntary psychiatric inpatient. She had attempted suicide in November 2014 and was admitted to Bentley Hospital for psychiat…
25y · Female·self-immolation
…reats of self-harm and suicide attempts. Despite a pattern of escalating presentations over months, the psychiatric assessment failed to obtain collateral information from her family, who were present and able to provid…
42y · Female·Incised injury to the neck
… woman with depression and suicidal ideation died by self-inflicted neck laceration while admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit. She had been assessed as low risk and placed on 30-minute observations. Clinical manage…
69y · Male·mixed drug toxicity; oxycodone overdose with doxylamine, temazepam, and naloxone
James Geoffrey Griffin, a 69-year-old man facing multiple charges for historic child sexual abuse, died from mixed drug toxicity involving oxycodone, doxylamine, temazepam, and naloxone. He was admitted to Launceston Gen…
39y · Male·Infective endocarditis, with intravenous drug use as a contributing factor
…ified pneumonia, septicaemia, and possible bacterial endocarditis. His mental health deteriorated during admission, necessitating a Mental Health Act order variation to enable medical treatment. Despite appropriate clin…
30y · Male·Multiple injuries from impact by train
A 30-year-old man with schizophrenia was admitted to Frankston Hospital in March 2011 after presenting to the Emergency Department. He was discharged after approximately 2.5 weeks to community mental health services. Key…
75y · Female·general inanition and pneumonia on a background of end-stage dementia
…ion and behavioural disturbance related to her dementia. She deteriorated progressively during her final admission, developing aspiration pneumonia. Care was transitioned to palliative measures on 10 October 2017, and s…
64y · Male·Acute traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage secondary to single penetrating injury …
…homicidal ideation despite documented history. Key failures included inadequate information gathering at admission, lack of mandated mental health training for staff, and normalisation of serious threats over time.
47y · Male·Compression of the neck arising from hanging
…iatry registrar Dr D. on 19 September, she concluded his presentation was non-genuine and he was seeking admission to avoid court. He was not admitted. Following a failed telehealth appointment on 20 September where he …
33y · Female·neck compression and hanging
…ultiple suicide attempts. She died by hanging on 2 September 2020 after being offered voluntary hospital admission for high suicide risk but choosing to wait at home. While her GP and psychologist provided exemplary, tr…
36y · Male·undetermined (possibly ethylene glycol poisoning; possibly natural cause such as…
A 36-year-old man with acute psychotic illness absconded from Ryde Hospital Emergency Department on 3 August 2013 after refusing oral antipsychotic medication. He evaded police efforts to locate him and was found dead in…
41y · Female·Multiple injuries due to impact by train
…ith schizophrenia and depression, died by suicide when struck by a train after absconding from a locked psychiatric ward at Alfred Hospital. She had been on escorted leave, became acutely agitated upon returning home, a…
39y · Male·respiratory failure and cardiac arrest
…s (obesity, respiratory infection, diabetes), presented to Logan Hospital after police noted concerning psychiatric behaviour. He was appropriately assessed in the Short Stay Unit, where blood gas analysis revealed crit…
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