59 results for “chronic major depressive disorder”
32y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to hanging
Chloe Jane Campbell, aged 32, died by suicide while an involuntary inpatient with borderline personality disorder, complex PTSD, and chronic suicidal ideation. She was admitted 18-30 April 2019 after ceasing medications…
25y · Male·hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury due to plastic bag asphyxia
Graeme Eady, 25 years old with chronic depression first formally treated in July 2003, was admitted after a suicide attempt in September 2003. F…
27y · Female·Hanging
… a 27-year-old woman with a long history of borderline personality traits, depression, anxiety and eating disorder, died by hanging on 17 May 2020. In the preceding two weeks, she presented to Alfred Hospital following a…
29y · Female·Exsanguination caused by a single stab wound to left lung
Jenny Lee Cook, age 29, died from a stab wound to the chest on 19 January 2009. Police concluded suicide within 20 hours but the investigation was fundamentally inadequate. Critical evidence was not obtained: Mr Cook's m…
61y · Male·hanging
Andrew Robert Young, a 61-year-old man with lifelong depression and social phobia, died by hanging on 13-14 January 2020. He had received consistent psychiatric care from an experienced psychiatrist for 16 years using su…
48y · Male·gunshot wounds to the right thigh and abdomen with fatal hemorrhage
A 48-year-old man with severe chronic pain, alcohol dependence, and mental health issues called police stating he was armed with knives and wan…
34y · Female·multiple drug toxicity
Katherine Alexander, a 34-year-old woman with chronic suicidality and complex mental health conditions including bipolar II disorder, borderline personality di…
31y · Female·Pneumonia; combined drug toxicity (including marijuana), smoking, pathological o…
Georgia Cheal, a 31-year-old with complex medical history including chronic pain, major depression, and obesity, died from pneumonia exacerbated by combined drug toxicity from multi…
35y · Male·Choking due to impaction of soap in airway
…—direct assessment with listening for breathing is superior; (2) diagnostic uncertainty between psychotic disorder and personality disorder significantly impacts treatment and requires careful multidisciplinary review, p…
25y · Male·The available evidence does not allow for any finding to be made as to the cause…
Karl Melo-Richards, a 25-year-old man with a long history of depression and suicidal ideation since age 14-15, went missing on 2 September 2016. Despite extensive police investigations and searches, his body was never fo…
37y · Male·mixed drug toxicity with fentanyl as the principal agent
37-year-old Jason Cullen died from mixed drug toxicity with fentanyl as the principal agent. He had chronic idiopathic intracranial hypertension requiring multiple neurosurgeries and was prescribed opioids and ben…
76y · Male·exsanguination secondary to pulmonary aortic fistula and thoracic aorta aneurysm…
Allan Phipps was a 76-year-old man with a known thoracic aortic aneurysm and severe depression admitted to Austin Hospital in October 2012 for unstable angina and depression management. His aneurysm, discovered in March …
36y · Male·Mixed prescription drug toxicity (morphine, lignocaine, amiodarone and midazolam…
…tional deficiencies at Ambulance Tasmania substantially contributed to the circumstances. These included: chronic understaffing creating unsustainable span-of-control ratios (one duty manager responsible for 180+ staff)…
49y · Female·Respiratory failure sequential to ingestion of Glyphosate due to depression and …
… psychiatric hospitalization for a serious self-harm attempt (throat laceration). She had complex comorbid Major Depression and Borderline Personality Disorder with chronic suicidality. Discharge planning involved inten…
62y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis
Peter Albert Begg, a 62-year-old prisoner, died of ischaemic heart disease due to severe coronary atherosclerosis with contributing dothiepin toxicity. He collapsed while pushing a food trolley and did not respond to res…
23y · Female·unascertained
…en 1–5 February 2018 after nine years of psychiatric treatment for anorexia nervosa, obsessive-compulsive disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and borderline personality disorder. She was discharged from Shellharbour Ment…
50y · Male·mixed drug (oxycodone and methadone) and ethanol toxicity
…mpts and mental health issues following a 2012 motor vehicle accident (deliberate self-harm) resulting in chronic pain managed with opioids. On 22 April 2018, following a violent altercation with his wife, police attend…
54y · Male·gunshot wound to the head
…s may inadequately assess ongoing risk in relapsing-remitting conditions; (2) patients with substance use disorders require ongoing monitoring; (3) therapeutic alliance with treating clinicians may be compromised if doct…
29y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head, self-inflicted
BX, aged 29, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head on 17 July 2023 during a police siege at Bowenfels, NSW. Following a domestic violence incident report, police arrived and BX refused entry, triggering a …
38y · Male·gunshot wound to the left side of the neck resulting in basal skull fracture, su…
…smania. Mason was intoxicated, had a long history of violent offending and mental health issues including chronic suicidality precipitated by relationship breakdown. Police were called after he assaulted family members,…
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