42 results for “affective psychosis”
66y · Male·Complications of chronic lithium therapy
Sydney Kennedy, a 66-year-old man with intellectual disability and bipolar affective disorder, died from complications of chronic lithium therapy. He had been on lithium for years with annu…
52y · Male·Multiple injuries and immersion leading to hypoxic brain injury and pneumonia
…ic brain injury and pneumonia sustained during an assault. The perpetrator, Y, was a patient with schizo-affective disorder admitted involuntarily to Casey Mental Health Service from 30 December 2008 to 16 January 2009.…
41y · Male·complications in association with effects of fire, with terminal palliative care
Peter James Wilson, 41-year-old male with complex mental health history including bipolar affective disorder, anxiety, OCD, and possible schizophrenia, died by suicide on 1 November 2021 after self-immola…
34y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained when she stepped off the ledge of a second-floor win…
… The coroner found expert psychiatric evidence established that Rebekah suffered an acute brief reactive psychosis triggered by the course's intense psychological techniques, particularly the 'Inner Child' regression se…
28y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (driver)
…sustained in a high-speed motor vehicle collision while intoxicated. He had a 12-year history of bipolar affective disorder with comorbid substance abuse disorder, personality disorder, and poor impulse control. The cor…
46y · Female·pulmonary thromboembolism due to bilateral deep calf vein thrombosis
A 46-year-old woman with schizo-affective disorder died from pulmonary thromboembolism secondary to bilateral deep vein thrombosis five days after…
62y · Female·multiple self-inflicted stab wounds to the neck, thorax and abdomen
Rita Sally Greer, aged 62, 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, s…
31y · Female·Plastic bag asphyxia
31-year-old Veronika Kouros, a voluntary inpatient at Northern Psychiatry Unit with bipolar affective disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and depression, died by plastic bag asphyxia on 19 March 2018. …
36y · Male·Gunshot wound to the forehead
… psychiatric hospitalisation. The coroner found mental health care was appropriate—no objective signs of psychosis were evident on professional assessment in February 2009, though his mother reported concerning behavior…
0y · Female·unascertained
A nine-month-old First Nations child (Baby Q) was killed by her psychotic father in November 2018. The family, transient and homeless, were known to child protection and police in NSW and Queensland with complex mental h…
45y · Male·focal coronary artery disease and cardiomegaly
…ary artery disease and cardiomegaly during an involuntary psychiatric admission. He presented with acute psychosis from bipolar disorder requiring emergency response and Mental Health Act detention. During his 2-day hos…
32y · Male·multiple injuries sustained in a fall from height
…al failings in mental health crisis response. When a psychologist appropriately recognised the patient's psychosis and called the Mental Health Acute Team, the intake officer failed to complete required triage documenta…
34y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
A 34-year-old man with longstanding psychiatric illness died by hanging four days after discharge from psychiatric hospital. He had been admitted twice in August-September 1999 with active suicidal ideation and homicidal…
43y · Male·aspiration of vegetable matter with occlusion of the upper airway
Peter Cornish, a 43-year-old man with a 17-year history of bipolar disorder, died on 25 September 2001 from aspiration of vegetable matter while experiencing a severe manic episode. In the two weeks before his death, mul…
47y · Female·Multiple injuries from being struck by a train; death determined to be suicide
A 47-year-old woman with bipolar affective disorder and PTSD, originally from Bosnia, died by suicide by stepping in front of a train on 1 May 2012…
49y · Female·Motor vehicle accident related multi trauma including a severe head injury
Lynette Roberts, a 49-year-old with schizophrenia, died from motor vehicle collision while wandering aimlessly on a main street in Dunolly on 16 December 2010. She had blood alcohol level 0.16% and was wearing inappropri…
26y · Female·multiple injuries sustained as a result of being struck by a motor vehicle on th…
A 26-year-old woman with schizo-affective disorder, detained under the Mental Health Act, absconded from a psychiatric hospital and was fatally st…
26y · Male·bronchopneumonia following severe head injury
Ian Leslie West, a 26-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder, died from bronchopneumonia following severe head injury sustained when he fell from a hospital…
61y · Male·Undetermined
…, and renal impairment, was admitted to Maroondah Hospital on 2 April 2015 with acute manic relapse with psychosis. He was administered zuclopenthixol acetate on 3 April 2015 and subsequently died on 5 April 2015 from a…
Male·Multiple injuries due to train over-run (suicide by train)
…6 and discharged without admission despite concerning collateral information from his case manager about psychosis, self-harm, and drug use. Critical information was filtered through multiple staff before reaching the o…
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