86 results for “acute paranoid schizophrenia”
38y · Male·Multiple injuries
…ugust 2013 after reporting thoughts of harming his father. He had a complex psychiatric history including paranoid schizophrenia, substance dependence, and prior hospitalization. He denied suicidal intent but admitted oc…
20y · Male·Ligature Compression of the Neck (Hanging)
Steven Charles Indich, a 20-year-old Aboriginal man with schizophrenia and a long history of psychotic symptoms, violent behaviour and substance abuse, died by suicide in Sm…
34y · Male·Unascertained; likely fatal cardiac arrhythmia secondary to electrolyte disturba…
…liam Keith, aged 34, was found deceased in his caravan on 28 June 2010. He had a long-standing history of paranoid schizophrenia managed with risperidone injections and oral medications under a Community Treatment Order.…
65y · Female·Early bronchopneumonia and hypoxic brain injury following aspiration of food (ch…
Anna Maria Cameron, a 65-year-old woman with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, died from aspiration choking while eating on a psychiatric ward. She had been recently transferred to…
30y · Male·neck compression
Mohamed Omar, a 30-year-old man with schizophrenia, died in Melbourne Assessment Prison on 25 June 2017 from neck compression while on remand. He had a h…
43y · Male·Pneumonia
Jeffrey John Hartwig, a 43-year-old with chronic schizophrenia and opiate dependence, died from pneumonia following cardiorespiratory collapse on an acute psychiatri…
62y · Female·multiple self-inflicted stab wounds to the neck, thorax and abdomen
…, died from multiple self-inflicted stab wounds while experiencing a severe psychotic episode. She had schizophrenia with documented poor medication compliance since 1990. On 10 September 2007, she attacked her estrange…
63y · Male·Respiratory failure due to acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive airways dis…
Lewis Chetcuti, 63-year-old involuntary psychiatric patient with longstanding schizophrenia and significant comorbidities including severe COPD, congestive cardiac failure and chronic renal fail…
50y · Male·Pneumonia
Anthony Mandel, a 50-year-old man with intellectual disability and schizophrenia, was admitted to Box Hill Hospital on 4 May 2007 following an acute psychotic episode. He was transfer…
43y · Male·blunt neck trauma from compression of the neck
… psychiatric ward. Both were detained patients under Mental Health Act orders. Sekrst, a 23-year-old with paranoid ideation, had been in ED for 3 days before admission to the open ward. He was placed in shared accommodat…
71y · Male·Organ failure in an elderly man receiving palliative medical care for renal fail…
Gheorghe Gruici, a 71-year-old life-sentenced prisoner, died of organ failure from chronic renal failure, infective endocarditis, and chest infection. Over 15 years in custody, he developed multiple comorbidities includi…
30y · Male·Exsanguination due to an incision in the radial vein of his right wrist
…following a self-inflicted laceration to his radial vein. He had complex mental health needs including schizophrenia, acquired brain injury, developmental delay, and substance abuse history. The coroner concluded that J…
51y · Male·metastatic small round cell malignancy (Ewing's Sarcoma)
Mark Graham Newstead, a 51-year-old man with schizophrenia and untreated hepatitis C, died from metastatic small round cell tumour (Ewing's Sarcoma) while in cus…
49y · Male·undetermined
A 49-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia on clozapine became non-compliant with mental health appointments in July 2021. After threa…
45y · Male·gunshot wound to the chest
DP, a 45-year-old with a history of methylamphetamine use and drug-induced psychosis/schizophrenia, attended Quakers Hill Police Station on 19 January 2016 with a knife intending to provoke police into…
27y · Male·cardiac arrhythmia during restraint; mechanism involved hypoxia and asphyxiation…
Warwick Andrew Ashdown, a 27-year-old male with severe treatment-resistant paranoid schizophrenia, died at Graylands Hospital on 12 October 2007 from cardiac arrhythmia during physical rest…
77y · Female·Asphyxia from manual strangulation and smothering
Margaret Nicol Foran, aged 77, was killed by her son while he was experiencing an acute psychotic episode at her home in Launceston, Tasmania, between 22-23 April 2012. The cause of death was as…
48y · Female·Head injury
Frances May Cooper, a 48-year-old woman with chronic paranoid schizophrenia, died from head injuries after being struck by a train on 30 October 2011 while on unescort…
24y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to hanging
BJ, a 24-year-old with paranoid schizophrenia, substance abuse disorder, and anti-social personality disorder, died by hanging in a psych…
60y · Female·effects of fire in a woman with alcohol effect
A 60-year-old woman with chronic paranoid schizophrenia died in a domestic fire on 26 July 2014. The day before, her son sought help from police an…
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