36y · Male·Unascertained
…ld male psychiatrist disappeared on 25 January 2023 and is presumed deceased. He had treatment-resistant depression, was in significant pain from a recent back injury, and was prescribed opioids (Lyrica, Endone, Oxycodon…
36y · Male·Global hypoxic brain injury due to hanging
…gnificant behavioral changes: withdrawal, irritability, anger, and sleep difficulty. He had a history of depression in 2010 but was assessed as depression-free before varenicline prescription. On the day of death, he had…
Male·acute ethanol intoxication or positional asphyxia due to acute alcohol intoxicat…
…ood alcohol concentrations. The coroner emphasised that alcohol causes respiratory, cerebral and cardiac depression at these levels, and can be fatal especially with aspiration of vomitus or airway obstruction during unc…
0y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained from impact with the ground from an extended height …
…ulting in multiple injuries including abdominal stab wounds. His mother, despite experiencing postpartum depression and social isolation (with only one friend in Australia), had no identified mental health issues at the …
67y · Female·mixed prescription drug toxicity (oxycodone and oxazepam); central nervous syste…
…ad multiple chronic conditions including Waldenstrom's macroglobulinaemia, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, depression and insomnia. She had discontinued antidepressants two months before death. Following an argument with h…
50y · Female·Combined drug toxicity in a woman with tension pneumothorax
… combined drug toxicity in the setting of tension pneumothorax. She had a history of alcohol dependence, depression, and borderline personality disorder. Following an argument with her partner on 7 January 2020, she was …
19y · Male·Hanging (self-inflicted)
Jacob Van Berlo, a 19-year-old male, died by hanging following a suicide. He had a history of depression treated with sertraline and an uncontrolled gambling addiction. On the day of death, after receiving his…
49y · Male·Shotgun wound to the head
Andrew Lockwood, a 49-year-old man with depression and significant marital discord, died from a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head on 2 April 2017. H…
59y · Male·Multiple blunt injuries following a fall from a cliff
…uding emphysema, severe cardiovascular disease, and hepatitis C. The coroner found he was suffering from depression or mental illness at the time. Clinical lessons include the importance of recognising depression and sui…
41y · Male·suicide by unknown method, either through deliberate self-harm or by placing him…
…n Australia on 27 July 1999. He had left a suicide note for his daughter in June 1999, describing severe depression and stating his intention to undertake a 'one-way ticket' journey with the wish to 'perish without a tra…
30y · Male·acute alcohol (ethanol) toxicity
A 30-year-old male with severe alcohol dependence died from acute ethanol toxicity after a prolonged drinking episode. Despite engagement with alcohol and drug services, counselling, and family support, he was unable to …
32y · Female·Opiate toxicity; toxic combination of morphine and codeine causing respiratory d…
Mrs Edwards, a 32-year-old woman with severe depression and psychiatric history, was found dead in bed. Autopsy revealed opiate toxicity with high levels of mor…
45y · Male·Hanging
A 45-year-old man with depression died by hanging after experiencing significant workplace stress. He had consulted his GP in October 2014…
41y · Male·Neck compression subsequent upon hanging
A 41-year-old man with depression, anxiety and prior suicidal ideation died by hanging on the morning of a scheduled psychology appointmen…
41y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of a mixed drug toxicity
…evated tramadol with benzodiazepines (alprazolam, diazepam, temazepam, oxazepam) causing synergistic CNS depression. Evidence suggests Emma consumed significantly more tramadol than prescribed (up to 850mg versus 450-500…
59y · Female·mixed prescription drug and alcohol toxicity (ethanol, diazepam, fluoxetine, and…
…nd alcohol toxicity with aspiration of gastric contents. She had extensive psychiatric history including depression, PTSD, bipolar disorder, and alcohol dependence, with multiple prior suicide attempts. On 9 June 2019, a…
58y · Male·unascertained
Peter James Guidera, a 58-year-old man with a history of depression, suicidal ideation, and previous suicide attempts, disappeared on 8 May 1998 from Narrogin, Western Aust…
71y · Male·strychnine toxicity
…71, died from strychnine toxicity on 1 December 2018 at his home in Denman NSW. He had a long history of depression and alcohol use disorder with two prior suicide attempts (1984, 2009). On the day of his death, he playe…
72y · Female·Obstruction of the airways of the neck
…-up, despite clinical guidelines recommending this. Families received no education about the 33% risk of depression in stroke survivors generally, or the 60% risk in those with aphasia specifically, and were not informed…
61y · Male·mixed prescription drug toxicity (methadone, diazepam, promethazine) with aspira…
…ng medications without food. The coroner found therapeutic drug levels but noted synergistic respiratory depression from the drug combination, combined with CNS depression from alcohol, led to airway compromise and aspir…
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