207 results for “bipolar_disorder”
66y · Male·Unable to be determined
A 66-year-old man with bipolar disorder died in an accidental house fire at his home in Bicheno, Tasmania, on 8-9 November 2024. On the evening of 8 November, following welfare concerns about his declining mental health,…
33y · Male·COMPLICATIONS OF HYPOTHERMIA
Matthew Fitzpatrick, 33 years old with bipolar disorder and inconsistent medication adherence, died of complications of hypothermia on Mount Stirling in November 2017. He failed to return from an organised horse trail ri…
64y · Female·phosphine toxicity from deliberate ingestion of aluminium phosphide fumigation p…
Janice Croft, 64, died from phosphine toxicity after deliberately ingesting fumigation pellets during a police intervention on her property facing eviction for mortgage default. Ms Croft had long-standing bipolar disorde…
33y · Male·gunshot wounds to chest and upper arm
A 33-year-old man with bipolar disorder on reducing doses of risperidone experienced a psychotic relapse and stabbed a stranger at a railway station. He then entered a police station with a knife, advancing on officers d…
52y · Male·Asphyxia due to smoke inhalation from caravan fire
Brendan Craig Burns, a 52-year-old man with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and substance use disorder, died from asphyxia due to smoke inhalation in a caravan fire on 5 November 2016. He had presented to hospital the d…
48y · Male·Incised wounds to the neck
Trevor Foster, a 48-year-old man with severe mental illness (bipolar disorder and schizophrenia), died from incised wounds to his neck. In late 2011, after ceasing prescribed psychotropic medication, his mental health de…
41y · Male·multiple blunt force injuries from fall from fourth floor of apartment block
Brent Reginald Pottinger, 41, died from multiple blunt force injuries after falling from a fourth-floor apartment while attempting to access his partner's balcony in the early morning of 13 May 2023. He had been arrested…
53y · Male·Cardiomegaly in a man with obesity and chronic liver disease
Craig Ashley Hill, a 53-year-old man with multiple comorbidities including obesity, chronic liver disease with cirrhosis, cardiomegaly, hypertension, diabetes, and mental health conditions, died suddenly in hospital from…
54y · Female·hypothermia, likely related to drug toxicity
Sandra Anne Brown, a 54-year-old woman with multiple chronic conditions including COPD, diabetes, bipolar disorder and epilepsy, died from hypothermia likely related to drug toxicity. She presented to the ED with breathi…
55y · Male·exsanguination resulting from self-inflicted wounds to left brachial artery and …
Saxon George Hyatt, 55, died by suicide in Risdon Prison on 14 January 2019 through exsanguination from self-inflicted wounds to his brachial artery and wrists. He had a long history of mental health conditions including…
71y · Male·Exsanguination from incised wounds to the neck and wrist
A 71-year-old man with bipolar disorder, depression, alcohol addiction, and cirrhosis died by suicide via exsanguination from neck and wrist lacerations. He had stopped psychiatric medications in 2017 and was managed by …
57y · Female·Asphyxia - Inhalation of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)
Mrs R, a 57-year-old woman with bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, and depression, died from asphyxia by inhalation of liquefied petroleum gas. On 31 March 2024, family unable to contact her requested a p…
42y · Male·methadone toxicity
Andrew Gilbertson, a 42-year-old man with bipolar disorder and substance use disorder, died from methadone toxicity while in custody at Long Bay Correctional Centre. He was not enrolled in opioid substitution therapy but…
39y · Female·neck compression due to hanging
A 39-year-old woman with bipolar disorder, depression, substance abuse (alcohol and cannabis), and multiple past suicide attempts died by hanging at home on 11 February 1998. She had been discharged from psychiatric hosp…
23y · Female·Arrhythmia of unknown aetiology
TV died on 1 November 2016 from arrhythmia of unknown aetiology whilst in MHICU at Prince of Wales Hospital. She was a 23-year-old with severe bipolar disorder, mild intellectual disability and borderline personality tra…
40y · Male·neck compression consequent upon hanging
Ross Campbell, a 40-year-old man with a history of family violence perpetration, alcohol abuse, and undiagnosed mental illness, died by hanging. He had attended a Men's Behavioural Change Program in 2011 following a fami…
24y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
A 24-year-old man with bipolar disorder and ADHD died by gunshot wound to the head approximately 5 months after a serious suicide attempt by overdose. He had been assessed as fit to hold a firearms licence by his treatin…
35y · Male·The available evidence does not allow for any finding to be made as to the cause…
A 35-year-old male with extensive mental health history died by intentional self-inflicted means on 13 September 2022 at Vaucluse, NSW. He had multiple psychiatric diagnoses including bipolar disorder, autism spectrum di…
60y · Male·single gunshot wound to the head, self-inflicted
A 60-year-old man with bipolar disorder, depression, and recent bereavement made a 000 call stating suicidal intent with a firearm. A PoliceLink telephonist (Mr Tant) engaged him for 17 minutes in skilled de facto negoti…
25y · Male·Cardiomegaly
Andrew Kellett, a 25-year-old man with a history of mental illness (bipolar disorder, depression, schizophrenia, auditory hallucinations, and suicidal ideation), died in custody at Port Phillip Prison from cardiomegaly (…
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