99 results for “assessment order under mental health act”
97y · Male·respiratory failure attributed to aspiration pneumonia on a background of advanc…
Richard Underwood, aged 97, died from respiratory failure due to aspiration pneumonia on a background of advanced dement…
41y · Male·Hanging
… his prison cell at Wolston Correctional Centre on 2 June 2015. He was subject to an involuntary treatment order for paranoid schizophrenia and was undergoing dangerous prisoner sexual offender risk assessment. Although…
53y · Male·Burns to 75% of body surface area and severe lower airway inhalation injury
…a deliberately-set house fire on 20 April 2008. He had been detained at Glenside Hospital on 10 April 2008 under the Mental Health Act for bipolar disorder with manic features, assessed as at moderate to extreme risk of…
43y · Male·acute neck compression due to hanging
Geoffrey Noakes, a 43-year-old man with a long history of depression and suicide attempts, was detained under the Mental Health Act on 19 February 2013 after multiple suicide attempts (knife to throat, jumping from v…
34y · Male·Gunshot injuries to chest and left shoulder
…hronic paranoid schizophrenia and polysubstance use, died from gunshot wounds inflicted by police during a mental health welfare check on 25 October 2021. Critical clinical failures preceded his death: despite clear risk…
49y · Male·incised injury to the neck
Andrew Key, a 49-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder, died by suicide on 11 August 2015 after self-inflicting a neck injury while being restrained by police. C…
47y · Male·Multiple gunshot wounds; discharged by police officer during enforcement of Comm…
Ian Fackender, aged 47, died from gunshot wounds during a Community Treatment Order breach enforcement operation in his home. He had severe, treatment-resistant schizophrenia and was acutely…
86y · Male·pulmonary embolism following deep vein thrombosis
…osis while admitted to the psychiatric unit at Launceston General Hospital on 26 May 2020. He was admitted under a Mental Health Act assessment order following a relapse of psychotic depression at his aged care facility…
40y · Male·multiple injuries from fall from building
…rt SA building in Walkerville on 19 April 2008. He was on approved leave of absence from Glenside Hospital under a continuing detention order when he left his parents' home for a walk and did not return. The coroner fou…
52y · Male·disseminated carcinoma of the gallbladder
…cson, 52 years old, died from disseminated gallbladder carcinoma at Royal Adelaide Hospital while detained under the Mental Health Act. He presented on 2 April with abdominal pain and was initially discharged from ED wi…
Unknown·Injuries sustained in violent attack by Antony Waterlow (stab wounds caused by k…
…las's son and Chloe's brother, in November 2009. Antony suffered from untreated paranoid schizophrenia, characterized by persecutory delusions, auditory hallucinations, and severe aggression directed at family members. …
39y · Male·cardiomegaly
Matthew Tyson Swavley, aged 39, died suddenly from cardiomegaly while detained under the Mental Health Act at Lyell McEwin Health Service. He had chronic schizophrenia managed with antipsycho…
67y · Male·Hypertensive cardiomegaly and ischaemic heart disease
…fter making threats at Federal Police offices. He was admitted involuntarily to John Cade Psychiatric Unit under the Mental Health Act 1986. On admission, psychiatry certified him as involuntary and administered antipsy…
61y · Female·hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest due to neck compression due to han…
…caused by hanging on a psychiatric ward. She had been admitted after a suicide attempt by overdose and was under a Mental Health Act detention order. Despite appropriate hourly observations and recent assessment showing…
38y · Male·metastatic poorly differentiated carcinoma on a background of delirium and schiz…
Anthony Sissons, aged 38, died of metastatic renal carcinoma while under a Mental Health Act inpatient treatment order. He presented to hospital on three separate occasions (13-15…
20y · Male·hanging
A 20-year-old male with major depressive disorder and melancholic features was admitted to psychiatric hospital on 4 June 2003 under an indefinite involunta…
36y · Male·hanging
… and his treating psychiatrist's recommendation for involuntary admission, he was discharged after brief assessment by junior staff who attributed his presentation to alcohol intoxication rather than acute psychosis. He …
76y · Female·end-stage liver failure with encephalopathy due to hepatic cirrhosis
…to have extensive cerebrovascular disease, severe cerebellar ataxia, and severe hepatic cirrhosis. She contracted norovirus during hospitalisation and developed acute renal failure. She was managed under Mental Health A…
59y · Male·hanging
A 59-year-old man with major depression and psychotic features was lawfully detained under an inpatient treatment order at Noarlunga Hospital's Morier Ward. He was appropriately managed, initially …
75y · Male·Multiorgan failure complicating mixed drug toxicity
…n to family members on the day of overdose and subsequently to hospital staff. He was appropriately placed under a Mental Health Act detention order. Toxicological analysis revealed therapeutic lithium levels, but the c…
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