273 results for “depressive disorder”
47y · Female·Multiple injuries from being struck by a train
A 47-year-old woman with major depressive disorder and anxiety died by suicide while an involuntary psychiatric inpatient. She had attempted suici…
17y · Male·Hanging (self-inflicted)
… practical jokes including contact cleaner ignited near him, and derogatory comments. He developed major depressive disorder, attempted suicide in August 2008, and returned to New Zealand in September 2008. He died by su…
42y · Male·drowning
… a long history of substance abuse and mental health problems, including depression and bipolar affective disorder. Days before his death, he was discharged from psychiatric care at Launceston General Hospital following …
57y · Male·Multiple fatal injuries following a fall from height onto rocks
A 57-year-old European-born man died by suicide after falling from a cliff in northern Tasmania in July 2014. He had experienced progressive mental health deterioration over 12 months, including depression, anxiety, and …
91y · Female·Unascertained
Margaret Smith, a 91-year-old admitted with head strike from fall, developed moderate depression during her stay and received electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) as a compulsory patient. On 5 March 2015, she developed epigas…
76y · Male·contact range gunshot wound to the head, self-inflicted
…entified ischemic heart disease; he refused angiography and was discharged. Post-discharge, he developed depressive symptoms, became reclusive, and developed health anxieties including unfounded beliefs about bowel cance…
37y · Male·Carbon monoxide poisoning
Benjamin Gleeson, a 37-year-old man, died from carbon monoxide poisoning by exhaust inhalation. He had a history of methamphetamine use, depression with suicidal ideation, and was a perpetrator of family violence. Despit…
64y · Male·plastic bag asphyxia
A 64-year-old man with long-standing depression, personality disorder, and chronic pain died by plastic bag asphyxiation in a psychiatric hospital open ward. He had been admit…
54y · Female·Acute alcohol toxicity with immersion
A 54-year-old woman with major depressive disorder and alcohol addiction died from acute alcohol toxicity with immersion. She was hospitalised inv…
40y · Male·Toxic effects of a gas
Nathan Shanahan, a 40-year-old former ADF member, died from toxic gas inhalation in his vehicle. He had struggled with depression, anxiety, and PTSD following service in the Solomon Islands where he witnessed a sexual as…
43y · Female·External neck compression due to self-inflicted hanging
A 43-year-old NSW Police officer died by suicide on duty while suffering from work-related Major Depressive Disorder and PTSD. She had a suicide attempt in November 2012 that was not formally investigated as a ne…
20y · Female·Asphyxia secondary to inhalation of helium
…m voluntary psychiatric admission at Delmont Private Hospital on 8 August 2016 after treatment for major depressive episode and generalised anxiety disorder. At discharge, the treating psychiatrist did not consider her h…
38y · Male·Internal haemorrhage complicating large calibre gunshot wounds to the neck
…rvice station. MacLeod had suffered severe head injury in childhood with confirmed organic brain damage, depressive episodes, and untreated mental illness. In the week before his death, he showed increasing evidence of p…
24y · Male·Gunshot wounds to the chest
… actions directly precipitated their death. Key clinical lessons include: Luke had documented alcohol use disorder, antisocial personality disorder, and previous suicidal ideation with self-harm scarring. He presented to…
62y · Male·not stated - body never found
KL, a 62-year-old journalist with a long history of depression, anxiety, and alcohol use disorder, was admitted to St Vincent's Hospital's psychiatric units (PECC and Caritas) in June 2020 following suic…
51y · Male·combined effect of gunshot injuries to the chest and abdomen
Stephen Hodge, a 51-year-old postal worker with a history of depression, anxiety, and alcohol use disorder, was shot by police after advancing on them with a large kitchen knife. He had consumed substantial alcoh…
3y · Male·smothering
A 3-year-old boy died from smothering by his mother, who was suffering from severe bipolar affective disorder with psychotic features and severe depression. The coroner examined whether psychiatric care was inadequa…
53y · Male·Neck compression in the circumstances of hanging
…ssion died by hanging after being discharged from acute mental health crisis services. He presented with depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation with vague plans, and failed to respond to mirtazapine initiated at subthera…
40y · Male·compression of the neck due to hanging
Brian Pope, a 40-year-old man with longstanding mental health issues including major depressive disorder, anxiety, learning disability (dyslexia), and substance abuse history, died by suicide in priso…
61y · Female·hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest due to neck compression due to han…
A 61-year-old woman died from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest caused by hanging on a psychiatric ward. She had been admitted after a suicide attempt by overdose and was under a Mental Health Act detention o…
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