51 results for “bipolar 1 disorder”
18y · Female, female, male·Caitlin: suicide by hanging; Talieha: suicide by hanging; William: suicide by tr…
…arrett Adolescent Centre (BAC) closure in January 2014. Caitlin had complex mental health needs including bipolar affective disorder and PTSD; she lived with her mother and a family member with whom she had a dysfunctio…
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…
78y · Female·Complications arising from a left femur fracture following an unwitnessed fall i…
Doreen Mansfield, a 78-year-old woman with bipolar affective disorder managed with lithium and ECT, was admitted to the Royal Hobart Hospital under a Mental…
34y · Female·Multiple injuries due to impact with a train
Sarah Simpson, a 34-year-old woman with bipolar affective disorder, died by suicide after exiting a locked psychiatric unit. She was admitted involuntari…
36y · Male·Combined effect of gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen
Paul Lambert, 36, was shot by NSW Police on the Pacific Highway after attacking and stabbing his former girlfriend Dr J. multiple times. He had a longstanding pattern of intimate partner violence, stalking, emotional abu…
45y · Male·spontaneous lethal arrhythmia arising from focal myocardial fibrosis
45-year-old man with bipolar disorder admitted to psychiatric unit involuntarily died from spontaneous lethal arrhythmia due to focal …
53y · Female·Ligature strangulation
…e Phyllis Frost Centre Women's Prison on 26 January 2017. She had a complex psychiatric history including bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, and delusional disorder, with multiple prior episodes of serio…
46y · Female·Combined drug toxicity in a woman found in a bath
A 46-year-old woman with borderline personality disorder and bipolar affective disorder type 2 died from combined drug toxicity. She had a long history of overdos…
64y · Female·fatal cardiac arrhythmia in a lady with obstructed sleep apnoea, obesity and suf…
A 64-year-old woman with bipolar disorder, severe obstructive sleep apnoea, obesity and diabetes presented with acute psychotic relapse fo…
40y · Male·Asphyxia caused by a seizure resulting from severe alcohol intoxication. Underly…
Paul Meech, a 40-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder, died of asphyxia caused by a seizure from severe alcohol intoxication while in police…
23y · Male·injuries sustained in fall from Tasman Bridge and/or drowning after submersion i…
A 23-year-old man with bipolar disorder, polysubstance dependence, and chronic self-harm died by jumping from the Tasman Bridge hours af…
23y · Male·injuries sustained when struck by train
Jarrod Christie, 23, a voluntary then involuntary psychiatric inpatient at Maroondah Hospital, absconded from the high-dependency unit on 22 December 2012 and died by suicide. Clinical lessons include: (1) GPs should ful…
46y · Female·Dilated cardiomyopathy (acute complication with sudden cardiac arrhythmia)
A 46-year-old woman with bipolar/schizoaffective disorder, poorly controlled type 2 diabetes, morbid obesity, severe obstructive sleep apn…
54y · Male·incised wound to the neck
Terrence Michael Malone, a 54-year-old man with a 20-year history of bipolar affective disorder, PTSD, and alcohol dependence, died by suicide in Brisbane Correctional Centre on 8 No…
42y · Male·hanging
Two prisoners at Karreenga Correctional Centre died by suicide within four months of each other. Mr Lowe, aged 35, hanged himself on 7 March 2017 after learning his prison sentence would be longer than expected. Mr Thoma…
44y · Male·Cardiac arrhythmia during physical restraint
Taare Rangi, a 44-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder, died from cardiac arrhythmia during physical restraint in a mental health unit. Criti…
41y · Male·Septicaemia secondary to chronic peptic ulcer disease
Simon Cartwright, a 41-year-old man with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, died in custody from septicemia secondary to chronic peptic ulcer disease. He had a documented …
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 se…
36y · Male·Gunshot wound to the forehead
A 36-year-old man with a 10-year history of forensic mental health order died by gunshot wound during a siege after police arrived to enforce psychiatric hospitalisation. The coroner found mental health care was appropri…
37y · Male·cardiac arrhythmia
A 37-year-old man died in custody from cardiac arrhythmia, with morbid obesity and concurrent psychotropic medications carrying QT-prolongation risk identified as contributing factors. Key clinical lessons include: (1) p…
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