92 results for “acute suicidal behaviour”
29y · Male·Hanging
…nce Intervention Order application. He had a documented history of untreated mental illness with frequent suicidal ideation, suspected ADHD, and repeated self-harm behaviour during family violence incidents. Critical fai…
27y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained after being struck by a train
…rom a psychiatric unit. He was a compulsory patient subject to a Temporary Treatment Order, admitted with suicidal ideation and substance dependence issues. Key clinical lessons: (1) The family meeting on 16 December bec…
38y · Male·self-inflicted hanging
…nvoluntary mental health patient. He had presented to hospital multiple times over 4 days with escalating suicidal behaviour, including a dramatic attempted hanging on 10 September while intoxicated (0.18% BAC). On 14 Se…
52y · Female·Multiple stab injuries
…ention. Despite multiple warning signs—Peter's documented history of violence, stalking, and controlling behaviour; explicit threats to kill Lyn and her new partner; and a suicide noose discovered days before—no protect…
28y · Male·gunshot injury of head, self-inflicted
…minimal rest. Witnesses observed him displaying erratic driving, paranoia, hallucinations and delusional behaviour consistent with methamphetamine intoxication on 21 June 2011. These sightings were not reported to polic…
23y · Male·hanging
…nging while an involuntary patient in the High Dependency Unit of Royal North Shore Hospital. He presented acutely on 4 February 2019 with severe suicidal ideation and a reported self-harm attempt. Despite appropriate i…
18y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest due to neck compression from hangi…
…hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest from hanging. He had a chronic petrol-sniffing habit and was acutely intoxicated on petrol when he hanged himself after a police incident. Police responded appropriately to …
24y · Male·0.22 calibre gunshot wound to the head (self-inflicted)
…f reactive depression triggered by relationship breakdowns, presented to his GP Dr W. on 30 June 2003 with acute tearfulness, suicidal ideation, and dangerous reckless driving (190 kph). Dr W. prescribed an antidepressa…
46y · Female·hypoxic ischaemic brain injury as a result of cardiac arrest following a choking…
Andrea Sewell, a 46-year-old woman with Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome (ODS) and acute psychiatric illness, died from hypoxic brain injury following a choking episode during a meal in a psychia…
37y · Male·multiple injuries in a man with methylamphetamine effect (suicide by jumping fro…
Simon John Rowe, a 37-year-old man with a history of drug use and imprisonment, died by suicide on 12 April 2012 after deliberately jumping from a 12th-floor hotel window during a police siege. He had smashed the window,…
24y · Female·hanging
A 24-year-old woman with longstanding depression, anxiety, and a history of self-harm and suicidal ideation died by hanging following a marital conflict. She had been under care of university counsellors …
59y · Male·hanging
…e open ward after clinical review. Despite 30-minute observations initiated due to concerning night-time behaviour, he absconded on 19 October 2021 and died by hanging two days later. The coroner found the clinical mana…
23y · Female·Injuries sustained in a fall from a height
… 2018 after her clinician noted she appeared substance-affected at her final review but had no documented suicidal ideation. Key clinical lessons include the importance of recognising substance intoxication during psychi…
54y · Female·unascertainable
…aret Marshall was a 54-year-old woman admitted to Nickol Bay Hospital on 20 February 2011 after reporting suicidal ideation and three suicide attempts. She presented with signs of psychotic illness including bizarre beha…
82y · Female·bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism due to left calf deep vein thrombosis
…ental Health Act Inpatient Treatment Order. She presented to ED with altered mental state, self-harm, and suicidality. Investigations (bloods, CXR, CT) were normal. She was appropriately detained for psychiatric assessme…
13y · Female·complications of a head injury sustained when she deliberately stepped in front …
…admissions and the patient's initial treatment reluctance; Perth Children's Hospital appropriately managed acute presentations but faced a significant service gap—there was no step-up/step-down facility available betwee…
41y · Female·Multiple injuries due to impact by train
…after absconding from a locked psychiatric ward at Alfred Hospital. She had been on escorted leave, became acutely agitated upon returning home, and was brought back to the ward by ambulance at 7:31pm. Critical failures…
29y · Female·global cerebral ischaemic injury in the setting of neck compression
Rebecca Poke, a 29-year-old woman with borderline personality disorder, died by suicide while an inpatient in Ward E of Casey Hospital on 2 September 2015. She had been admitted following a paracetamol overdose and was o…
47y · Male·Hanging
…anging point. While staff noted his usual presentation included irritability and social withdrawal, making acute risk harder to discern, the Office of the Chief Inspector identified that his behaviour in preceding weeks…
42y · Male·unascertained
…ar-old Aboriginal man with long-standing mental health problems, alcohol and drug dependency, and chronic suicidality, disappeared in November 2006 and is presumed deceased. In the month before disappearance, he presente…
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