38 results for “deliberate self-harm disorder”
28y · Female·multiple injuries from deliberate fall from pedestrian bridge onto Mitchell Free…
Sarah Jane Rutherford, a 28-year-old woman with bipolar affective disorder and schizophrenia, died on 27 December 2009 after falling from a pedestrian bridge onto the Mitchell Free…
suicide by hanging or other means
Six young people aged 12-17 years died by suicide between 2010-2014 in Tasmania. All had significant mental health issues, trauma histories, and contact with child protection services or schools. The coroner identified s…
18y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to hanging
An 18-year-old woman with major depressive disorder and PTSD was admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit after expressing suicidal ideation and self-harm. S…
27y · Female·multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision
…an oncoming truck. The crash investigation found no mechanical defects in either vehicle, no evidence of deliberate self-harm, and no medical events. The collision was entirely preventable had she not driven while signif…
33y · Male·multi-drug toxicity as a result of misadventure
Adam Hayward, a 33-year-old with borderline personality disorder, poly-substance abuse, and a complex psychiatric history including recurrent suicidal ideation and overdo…
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 wanted to be shot. Despite being extensively supported by health services that d…
24y · Male·aspiration of gastric contents due to or as a consequence of drug toxicity follo…
…de his bed. Andrew had a complex psychiatric history including schizophrenia, multiple suicide attempts, self-harm, and a severe overdose attempt in 2003 causing hypoxic brain injury. He was appropriately transferred to…
19y · Male·Ruptured aorta post motor vehicle incident
Simon Kirwan, 19, died by motor vehicle collision in circumstances indicating suicide after discharge from involuntary mental health care. He had made three serious suicide attempts within 7 days (overdoses, wrist lacera…
45y · Male·gunshot wound to the chest
…ken seriously by the responding officers. The coroner found the death was self-inflicted in the sense of deliberate conduct intended to provoke a lethal police response ('suicide by cop'). Critical failures included: the…
23y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained following collision with a train
A 23-year-old man with a history of schizophreniform disorder, depression, and previous suicide attempts absconded from a mental health triage facility after being inv…
50y · Male·mixed drug (oxycodone and methadone) and ethanol toxicity
…d a 7-year history of suicide attempts 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 alterca…
56y · Male·acute pentobarbitone toxicity
…t a proper review of Mr Martin's extensive medical history, particularly the detailed Form 1 documenting deliberate, elaborate suicide planning. The decision was based largely on Mr Martin's misleading account and limite…
47y · Male·Toxic effects of phosphine gas
Jeremy Harding-Roots died from phosphine gas toxicity after deliberately exposing himself to the pesticide fumigant aluminium phosphide (Fumitoxin) during a siege at his forme…
16y · Male·Hanging (ligature compression of neck)
…paint sniffing and alcohol use combined with acute anger from assault by his sister. JJ's death followed deliberate ideation, with multiple documented suicide attempts and mental health contacts in the preceding months. …
39y · Male·Strychnine toxicity
Randall Coleman, 39, died from strychnine toxicity after deliberately ingesting poison while in custody at Kingaroy watchhouse on 18 January 2007. He had secreted the vial …
asphyxia sequential to hanging (all three cases); Charles Barlow: schizophrenia …
Three linked suicide cases spanning February 2004 to October 2005 in Far North Queensland mental health services. Charles Barlow (36, Aboriginal) was denied admission despite requesting transfer to Cairns Base Hospital M…
43y · Male·acute neck compression due to hanging
Geoffrey Noakes, a 43-year-old man with a long history of depression and suicide attempts, was detained under the Mental Health Act on 19 February 2013 after multiple suicide attempts (knife to throat, jumping from vehic…
36y · Male·Multi-organ failure complicating injecting drug use
…ied 6 November 2012. While the death resulted from unintended consequences of drug injection rather than deliberate self-harm, the lack of assertive post-discharge psychiatric follow-up represented a lost clinical opport…
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