366 results for “psychiatric admission assessment”
59y · Male·Multiple injuries
…rth. He had been discharged five days earlier on a Community Treatment Order following a 45-day hospital admission. On the morning of his death, after receiving a phone call about an upcoming CTO review, he visited the …
23y · Male·Neck compression as a result of hanging
…dicated for months before arrest. Critical failures in his mental health care included: delayed initial psychiatric assessment (3 weeks), inadequate intake screening that failed to establish rapport or document symptoms…
43y · Male·exsanguination from incised wounds to the arms - self inflicted
…d from exsanguination following self-inflicted incised wounds to both arms. He had been discharged from psychiatric inpatient care on 1 February 2020 after a 14-day admission for a previous suicide attempt, placed on a …
34y · Male·Long drop hanging resulting in complete decapitation
…hanging resulting in complete decapitation) on 17 June 2006, approximately 6 weeks after discharge from psychiatric admission on a Community Treatment Order. He had a 15-year history of chronic paranoid schizophrenia, c…
54y · Male·hanging by ligature
…anging in the shower room of Cramond Clinic open ward. He had expressed suicidal ideation throughout his admission, particularly after learning of imminent extended detention via Guardianship Board application. Critical…
58y · Male·coronary artery arteriosclerosis (natural causes)
…He collapsed on 27 April 2020 and could not be revived. The coroner found clinical care appropriate: no psychiatric error was made in discharging him on 19 April; he refused physical assessment while agitated at BMHU, m…
79y · Male·external neck compression as a result of hanging
… a Victorian Community Treatment Order (CTO) requiring fortnightly antipsychotic injections and regular psychiatric review before transferring to NSW. Once in NSW, critical failures occurred: his CTO was not implemented…
61y · Male·Complications of cutaneous burns
…and extensive history of arson, suicide attempts and self-harm was admitted as a voluntary patient to a psychiatric inpatient unit and later made involuntary. Despite clinical concerns about his mental state, he was pro…
19y · Male·Ruptured aorta post motor vehicle incident
…actively suicidal and didn't meet involuntary detention criteria. Critical failings included: incomplete assessment of his history and severity; clinician reliance on his verbal assurances despite known capability to dis…
22y · Female·plastic bag asphyxia, possibly contributed to by neck compression
… suicidal ideation died by plastic bag asphyxiation while detained under a Mental Health Act order in a psychiatric ward. She had explicitly stated plastic bag asphyxiation as a contemplated suicide method. Following he…
33y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
… mixed drug toxicity (heroin, methylamphetamine, benzodiazepines) while on overnight leave from E-PARCS psychiatric residential facility. He had been admitted following suicide attempts and was managing depression, alco…
33y · Male·carbon monoxide poisoning consistent with inhalation of car exhaust fumes
…disorder and multiple suicide attempts died by carbon monoxide poisoning after premature discharge from psychiatric inpatient care. He was admitted to Lyell McEwin Health Service on 16 February 1999 following a serious …
25y · Female·Chest injuries due to fall from height
Two psychiatric inpatients (SH, 25-year-old female; AW, 24-year-old male) died by suicide by jumping from the Buranda c…
31y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following out of hospital cardiac arrest in a m…
…ng to light himself on fire), was assessed by psychiatry and deemed not to meet criteria for involuntary admission, then was arrested for outstanding theft matters. In police custody at Melbourne West, he tied underwear…
73y · Female·Complications of lipoid pneumonia following the ingestion of shampoo, conditione…
Judith Pollard, a 73-year-old woman with an extensive mental health history, was voluntarily admitted to Shepparton Private Hospital on 1 June 2023 following acute depression and paranoia. Despite her family informing st…
50y · Male·hepatic encephalopathy secondary to liver cirrhosis with background of hepatitis…
…inage, PICC line insertion for medication delivery, antibiotic treatment for peritonitis, and endoscopic assessment revealing oesophageal varices, his condition rapidly deteriorated. He was deemed unsuitable for transpla…
24y · Male·hanging
…es included: failure to properly interpret a suicide risk screening form identifying him as at-risk upon admission; inadequate investigation procedures that failed to determine time of death; extensive unaddressed hangi…
21y · Male·external neck compression due to hanging; intentional self-harm
James Barton, aged 21, died by suicide on 27 March 2013, three days after discharge from psychiatric care. He was appropriately assessed and admitted as a mentally disordered person on 3 March following a…
27y · Female·Hanging
… with acute risks; (5) risk formulation for patients with borderline personality traits requires nuanced assessment balancing autonomy, therapeutic risk-taking, and family involvement.
42y · Female·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
…rioration, she was admitted to Busselton District Hospital on 18 August 2003 and transferred to Bentley Psychiatric Hospital on 21 August. Although assessed as a voluntary patient with protective factors (family support…
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