157 results for “chronic psychosis”
30y · Male·Exsanguination due to self-inflicted multiple stab and incised wounds
…b and incised wounds to his neck, chest, and head on 24 April 2016 in Tasmania. He had a long history of psychosis and depression dating from age 14, treated with antipsychotic medication with variable compliance. In th…
28y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained from fall from cliff
…ile experiencing mental disturbance. He had a history of insomnia-related mental health issues (previous psychosis, hospitalisations) and had experienced a relapse in the weeks before his death with reported sleep medic…
71y · Male·Organ failure in an elderly man receiving palliative medical care for renal fail…
Gheorghe Gruici, a 71-year-old life-sentenced prisoner, died of organ failure from chronic renal failure, infective endocarditis, and chest infection. Over 15 years in custody, he developed multip…
48y · Male·cardiac arrhythmia which occurred in the context of physical exertion and hypoxi…
…restrained him prone for 100 seconds. He lost consciousness and suffered cardiac arrest. Autopsy revealed chronic coronary artery disease and elevated clozapine levels. Clinical experts concluded restraint-induced hypox…
52y · Male·clozapine toxicity
…been on clozapine 400mg daily for 5 years with significant clinical benefit for aggressive behaviour and psychosis, enabling community living. At autopsy, liver clozapine concentration (45mg/kg) was in the lethal range.…
51y · Male·multiple injuries sustained by a high velocity fall from a height
A 51-year-old man with longstanding schizoaffective disorder who was inadequately medicated drove 400km from home and positioned himself precariously on the Wingecarribee River Bridge with clear suicidal intent. Fourteen…
37y · Male·Sergeant Huitson: gunshot wound to chest and abdomen; Ansell: multiple gunshot w…
…oting incident on 3 August 1999 where Rodney Ansell, a man suffering from deteriorating mental health and chronic amphetamine abuse, opened fire on the Stuart Highway killing Sergeant Glen Huitson and wounding three civ…
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…
53y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Gregory Laurence Hunt, a 53-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia, died by suicide at Graylands Hospital while an involuntary patient. He hanged himself usin…
48y · Male·metastatic high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma, treated palliatively
Lindsay Woods, a 48-year-old Aboriginal man with chronic paranoid schizophrenia, organic psychosis, and ischaemic heart disease, died from metastatic high-grade n…
62y · Female·hyponatremia (low sodium level 114mmol/L) resulting in seizure, with aspiration …
A 62-year-old woman with chronic schizophrenia died from hyponatremia (sodium level 114mmol/L) resulting in seizure and aspiration during …
49y · Male·pneumonia, hypoxic brain injury and cardiac arrest
49-year-old male with chronic cannabis dependence and depression developed post-surgical delirium following emergency anterior resectio…
45y · Male·drowning and intoxication with methamphetamine and other substances
…nical lessons: the need for comprehensive substance use disorder management, recognition of drug-induced psychosis and paranoia, mental health crisis assessment in heavily intoxicated patients, and documentation of unex…
39y · Male·Complications arising from widely disseminated primary pulmonary small cell carc…
…ations of widely disseminated small cell lung cancer with hepatitis C cirrhosis. He presented with acute psychosis and catatonia in December 2018, receiving appropriate psychiatric care including ECT. During subsequent …
38y · Male·Multiple gunshot wounds
… response to an imminent threat to the hostage's life. Key clinical lessons: recognition of drug-induced psychosis and aggression; the deceased had prior presentations to mental health services with amphetamine-induced …
48y · Male·Aspiration Pneumonia in the setting of Fahr's Disease
…om aspiration pneumonia at Box Hill Hospital. He had significant disabilities including impaired speech, psychosis, epilepsy, and constipation, managed in a group home with disability services. He became unwell on 17 Ma…
29y · Male·Injuries sustained in a fall from a height
A 29-year-old man with chronic paranoid schizophrenia died from injuries sustained after jumping from the EJ Whitten Bridge. He had a 5-…
57y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained by being struck by a freight train
…on remained refractory. Electroconvulsive therapy and clozapine—the main treatment options for resistant psychosis—were contraindicated due to cardiac comorbidity. He was on 15-minute observations and waiting for transf…
22y · Male·Immersion in water (drowning) in a man with combined drug effect
Jaxon Charles Kinnane, 22, drowned in the Swan River on 12 October 2020. He had chronic schizophrenia with persistent delusional beliefs (microchip in ear) and was a polysubstance user, particu…
28y · Male·hanging
Aaron Nathan Stagg, 28-year-old man with likely Asperger's Syndrome and emerging paranoid psychosis, died by hanging on 5 March 2010 after a period of disengagement from mental health services. He was ref…
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