260 results for “chronic anxiety”
22y · Male·combined mixed drug intoxication
A 22-year-old medical student with chronic spinal cord pain and depression died from combined drug intoxication involving U-47700 (a potent uncontro…
39y · Female·mixed prescription drug and alcohol toxicity (ethanol, tapentadol, tramadol, pro…
…on points as her death was sudden and unexpected to those around her. Key clinical lessons: Ms O'Shea had chronic complex medical conditions (breast cancer post-treatment, rheumatoid arthritis, sarcoidosis, depression, …
67y · Male·Complications of non small cell lung carcinoma in a man with ischaemic cardiomyo…
…ed unsuitable for surgery. During his final hospitalization, he developed worsening dyspnoea, angina, and anxiety. On the day of death, he received appropriate symptom management including oxycodone, olanzapine, glycery…
66y · Male·carbon monoxide poisoning due to inhalation of exhaust gases from a lawn mower
Paul William Green, a 66-year-old retired engineer with longstanding depression, anxiety, PTSD, and chronic alcohol abuse, died by intentional carbon monoxide poisoning from a lawn mower exhaust…
42y · Male·hanging
A 42-year-old prisoner with generalised anxiety disorder and chronic tinnitus causing significant distress died by suicide while incarcerated. In the mon…
52y · Male·Effects of fire
A 52-year-old man with chronic substance abuse, anxiety, depression, benzodiazepine dependence and hepatitis C died in a deliberately li…
66y · Male·End stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
…tence for murder, housed at Thomas Embling Hospital as a security patient with paranoid schizophrenia and anxiety. In September 2012, he was admitted with acute COPD exacerbation causing severe respiratory failure and h…
37y · Male·self-inflicted stab wound to the chest
… of mental health difficulties, personality dysfunction stemming from severe childhood neglect and abuse, chronic anxiety, substance use, and repeated self-harm. Medical care provided was appropriate; his psychiatrist c…
31y · Male·Combined effects of multiple drugs in an obese male with findings suggestive of …
…s after discharge from psychiatric hospital. He had suffered a workplace back injury in 2006 resulting in chronic pain and depression, becoming dependent on multiple CNS-depressant medications including morphine, diazep…
60y · Female·hanging
Margaret McCall, a 60-year-old woman with chronic regional pain syndrome and longstanding anxiety and depression, died by hanging. She received multiple ke…
17y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to hanging
… 2020, seven days after discharge from psychiatric inpatient care. He had complex medical needs including chronic back pain, spinal fusion, post-viral fatigue, depression, anxiety, and gender dysphoria. Critical clinica…
31y · Female·drowning, deliberately self-inflicted with intention of ending life
Maria Rebekah Wright, a 31-year-old woman with severe borderline personality disorder and chronic suicidality, died by drowning at Howrah Beach, Tasmania on 14 August 2017. She had been discharged from R…
74y · Male·Mixed prescription drug toxicity (codeine, paracetamol, mirtazapine, promethazin…
A 74-year-old man with multiple chronic conditions including cerebellar ataxia, COPD, depression and anxiety died from mixed prescription drug to…
57y · Male·hanging
…ance of acting on patient requests for mental health referrals, recognising suicide risk in patients with chronic depression and alcohol dependence, and maintaining engagement with isolated individuals in follow-up care…
28y · Male·heroin toxicity
Elijah Shelley, a 28-year-old with borderline personality disorder, depression, anxiety, and polysubstance abuse, was admitted to Alfred Health following a suspected heroin overdose suicide att…
35y · Male·unknown
…tiple suicide attempts, the most serious being a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head in 1986. He had chronic alcohol use disorder and was living in a refuge for alcoholic and homeless men. Despite comprehensive pol…
36y · Male·Hanging
…s supervision, general practitioner care, psychiatric consultation, and counselling. A psychiatrist noted chronic anger control issues, polysubstance abuse history, and possible antisocial personality traits but found n…
30y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease and coronary artery atherosclerosis
…heart disease with coronary artery atherosclerosis. He had a history of cannabis and methamphetamine use, anxiety, and asthma. While in custody, he was prescribed methadone, olanzapine, mirtazapine, and inhalers but fre…
52y · Male·Complications of chronic cardiac failure in the setting of ischaemic heart disea…
Sacha Timothee Louis Lefebvre, aged 52, died from complications of chronic cardiac failure with ischaemic heart disease and chronic anaemia whilst sleeping rough at Hawthorn Librar…
59y · Male·inhalation of products of combustion and effects of heat
…ed by overfilled containers in a confined space. While Howard experienced documented workplace stress and anxiety over 27 years, his GP and mental health providers had not identified imminent suicide risk. Orora's manag…
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