332 results for “social isolation”
29y · Female·Multiple stab wounds to the neck
A woman was fatally stabbed 12 times in the neck by her husband during an escalating family violence situation. She had disclosed family violence to Victoria Police on multiple occasions and to her General Practitioner. …
31y · Male·Hanging
Mr A, a 31-year-old man with a history of family violence, substance misuse, and mental health issues, died by hanging in April 2018. Key clinical lessons include: (1) the importance of regular, systematic mental health …
Male·Suffocation as a result of acute petrol vapour inhalation
Three Aboriginal males died from acute petrol vapour inhalation while sniffing in remote Northern Territory communities. Napthan Presley (14 years, Willowra), Wallace Coulthard (21 years, Mutitjulu), and Trevor Brumby (3…
54y · Male·Extensive burns due to detonation of LPG gas cylinder
A 54-year-old man with chronic severe depression, grief from his wife's sudden death, severe debilitating skin condition, and alcohol dependence called emergency services on 12 December 2015, warning them not to approach…
29y · Female·asphyxiation due to ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Wendy Anne Eadie, 29, died by suicide in Graylands Hospital's Frankland Centre on 1 November 1998 while detained following charges of unlawful wounding against her parents. She had a longstanding history of depression, c…
0y · Female·brain death complicating head and neck injury
A five-month-old girl died from catastrophic brain injuries caused by violent shaking on 20 May 2019. Medical evidence established she was shaken by an adult on at least two occasions: once around 6 May 2019 (evidenced b…
34y · Female·Combined drug toxicity (propofol, sevoflurane and others)
A 34-year-old anaesthetist at Royal Melbourne Hospital died from combined drug toxicity involving propofol and sevoflurane—anaesthetic agents she accessed from unlocked theatre trolleys and administered to herself at hom…
74; 30y · Male; male·Sestilio Malaspina: stab wound to the chest; Hassan Khalif Shire Ali: gunshot wo…
A 74-year-old Italian-Australian, Sisto Malaspina, was fatally stabbed during a terrorist attack in Melbourne's CBD on 9 November 2018. Hassan Khalif Shire Ali, aged 30, detonated an improvised explosive device in his ve…
32y · Female·hanging
Fiona Burke, aged 32, died by hanging on 17 March 2017 following a prolonged history of family violence in her relationship with Darren Mather. The death occurred in a context of escalating intimate partner violence, alc…
74; 30y · Male; male·Sestilio Malaspina: stab wound to the chest. Hassan Khalif Shire Ali: gunshot wo…
On 9 November 2018, Hassan Khalif Shire Ali committed a premeditated ISIS-inspired terrorist attack in Bourke Street, Melbourne, using an improvised explosive device in his vehicle followed by a knife assault. He fatally…
39y · Female·Gunshot wound to the head
A 39-year-old woman with brief psychotic disorder experiencing suicidal and homicidal ideation killed her 4-year-old daughter and herself. She had been diagnosed with psychosis in 2015, treated with olanzapine, and disch…
29y · Male·Effects of fire
Manmeet Sharma, a 29-year-old bus driver, was killed on 28 October 2016 when Anthony O'Donohue, an untreated patient with severe psychotic illness characterised by persecutory delusions, boarded his bus and set him on fi…
59y · Female·Gunshot injuries to the head
A 59-year-old woman (CP) died from gunshot injuries to the head on 19 November 2021 in West Footscray, Victoria. She was shot by her partner, Philip Bracken, following an escalating pattern of physical and emotional fami…
43y · Male·bronchopneumonia and brain swelling following ligature compression of the neck (…
…nuary 2016 from bronchopneumonia and brain swelling following ligature asphyxiation by hanging. He had antisocial personality disorder, chronic suicidality, and three recent suicide attempts by overdose before incarcerat…
19y · Male·Hanging
Meqdad Hussain, a 19-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, died by hanging in an immigration detention centre (Scherger IDC, Queensland) on 17 March 2011. He had a history of self-harm evident from scars on his forearms, noted …
81y · Male·cardiac arrest following neck compression due to hanging
An 81-year-old man with a history of alcohol dependence, paranoid delusions regarding his wife's infidelity, and possible vascular dementia was admitted to mental health facilities involuntarily after discharging a firea…
Male·Ashton Michael Sunfly: ligature compression of the neck (hanging); Mitchell Nana…
This coronial inquiry examined five deaths in Balgo Aboriginal Community over a 24-month period: four suicides by hanging and one death from volatile substance abuse. The suicide rate in Balgo was more than 100 times the…
15y · Male·compression of the neck by hanging
A 15-year-old Aboriginal male, Johnno Wurramarrba, from Groote Eylandt died by hanging in Don Dale Juvenile Detention Centre on 10 February 2000, while serving a 28-day sentence for property offences. Key preventable fac…
50y · Female·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Annabel Nicol, a 50-year-old woman, died by ligature compression of the neck (hanging) in Bandyup Women's Prison on 15 June 2015. She was a remand prisoner with chronic alcoholism, depression, and suicidal ideation who h…
Boyd Lyle Scotty Farrer: Ligature compression of the neck (hanging); Esmay Alber…
Five Aboriginal people died in Oombulgurri, a remote East Kimberley community, between March 2005 and April 2006: four by suicide and one in a motor vehicle accident. Boyd Farrer (16), Alicia Rex (15), Paul Mitchell (21)…
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