367 results for “general anxiety disorder”
42y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of impacted large bowel in a man with intell…
Chris Perdios, a 42-year-old man with intellectual disability, autism, and chronic constipation, died from aspiration pneumonia complicated by an impacted large bowel. He was admitted to hospital on 12 October 2018 with …
2y · Female·drowning
A 2-year-old child died by drowning at her home in September 2016. Her mother was suffering from acute psychosis and had stopped taking antipsychotic medication days before the death. Critical failures occurred: the chil…
30y · Male·Hanging
…eam (HRAT) regime during an earlier 2017 remand. Despite clear indicators of mental health deterioration (anxiety, paranoia, disclosed childhood sexual abuse), a Notice of Concern was never raised, and he was housed in …
46y · Female·Multiple severe trauma suffered in a motor vehicle accident
A 46-year-old woman died in a head-on motor vehicle collision after her car drifted across the centre line on the Bass Highway. She had reported feeling tired earlier that morning and had intended to pull over to sleep. …
42y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Wayne Larder, a 42-year-old man with depression, suicidal ideation, and substance use disorder, died by hanging in Hakea Prison on 22 February 2021. Critical failures in suicide risk management includ…
70y · Male·Hanging
A 60-year-old man with recent pituitary surgery developed persistent fatigue and depressive symptoms. Despite normal cortisol levels, he remained convinced his symptoms were due to hormonal deficiency rather than depress…
40y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury consequent upon cardiac disease, possible viral infection o…
Michael Peter Magro, a 40-year-old male inmate at a correctional facility, died on 27 December 2008 from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac disease and severe pneumonia. Critical failures in prison healthcare were id…
50y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Matthew Francis Leach, a 50-year-old man with longstanding alcohol dependence, depression, and a history of suicide attempts, died by ligature hanging in his cell at Hakea Prison shortly after being sentenced to 12 month…
Unknown·Ruby: ligature compression of neck (hanging); Carly: ligature compression of nec…
Five young adults died by suicide within 12 months (March 2011 to March 2012), all connected to Alma Street Centre mental health services at Fremantle Hospital. Four were discharged (Ruby Nicholls-Diver, Carly Elliott, M…
33y · Male·Neck compression (hanging)
…pt by gunshot wound (31 October), was on opiate medications for withdrawal management, and presented with anxiety and withdrawal symptoms. Initially assessed as medium risk with 60-minute observations, his risk was down…
51y · Female·Cannot be determined; likely mixed drug (including alcohol) toxicity or undeterm…
Margaret Joy O'Donnell, aged 51, died between 9-15 June 2018. The cause of death could not be determined due to decomposition, but toxicology revealed mixed drug toxicity including fatal levels of methadone and hydromorp…
Neck compression due to hanging (self-inflicted)
Two men, Barry Michael Turner (35) and Troy Michael Glennie (28), died by hanging in Adelaide Remand Centre while on remand. Both had expressed suicidal ideation and were being monitored via 'yellow sheet' daily nursing …
26y · Female·Multiple drug toxicity
Alissa Campbell, aged 26, died from accidental drug overdose caused by multiple prescription medications—predominantly codeine and doxepin in combination with benzodiazepines. She had accessed prescription drugs from at …
Male·Gunshot wound to the head
Five family members were killed by gunshot on the evening of 8 September 2014 at Watch Hill farm, NSW. Geoffrey Hunt shot his wife Kim and their three children (Fletcher aged 10, Mia aged 8, and Phoebe aged 6) before tak…
57y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (heroin, methadone, benzodiazepines including novel benzodia…
Raymond John Flaherty, a 57-year-old Wurundjeri man with longstanding opioid and benzodiazepine dependence, died from mixed drug toxicity involving heroin, methadone, prescribed diazepam, unprescribed benzodiazepines inc…
48y · Female·Neck compression secondary to hanging
Ms HRZ, a 48-year-old Turkish-born woman, died by suicide on Christmas Day 2020 after experiencing years of family violence. She first endured abuse from her ex-husband, then sexual coercion, assault, stalking and threat…
40y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck in circumstances of being hanged
…nosis or treatment. He was transferred from protective Muirhead observation cells to a non-BDRP compliant general prison cell after only 2 days, where he was found hanged from a shower screen. The coroner found systemic…
50; 37y · Male; male·Mark John Furlan: hypoxic brain injury due to acute neck compression due to hang…
… continuous rather than close observations, and that key psychiatric warnings (paranoid comments, thought-disordered writings) were not adequately communicated to treating psychiatrist Dr S., who should have reassessed a…
30y · Male·asphyxia due to hanging (suicide)
30-year-old Adam Trent Ryan died by suicide via hanging in July 2009. Multiple systemic failures preceded his death. The Community Mental Health Service failed to communicate Mr Ryan's past suicide attempt to the hospita…
36y · Female·Stab wound to the right chest
Amanda Jane Harris, 36, was fatally stabbed by her intimate partner Daniel Eckersley on 7 July 2018 in Cranbourne North, Victoria. Eckersley was prescribed high-dose tramadol (700-800mg daily) for chronic pain over 22 mo…
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