39 results for “grief and loss”
27y · Male·Mixed drug (methylamphetamine and clozapine) toxicity
…, a 27-year-old with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, died in custody from mixed drug toxicity (clozapine and methylamphetamine). He was prescribed appropriate clozapine treatment with adequate monitoring. Key failure…
23y · Male·stab wounds to the neck
…himself repeatedly with a kitchen knife while visiting a friend's motel unit. Police arrived within minutes and appropriately deployed a Taser to stop the threat posed by the knife and enable safe restraint. Paramedics …
43y · Male·hanging
…, profoundly affecting his mental health. After breaching his supervision order, he was returned to custody and transferred between two facilities. Critical gaps emerged: receiving health staff were unaware of his son's…
33y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (propranolol, oxycodone, diazepam, temazepam, lurasidone, du…
…ring severe postpartum depression with psychotic features. Although Ms Arbuckle showed significant recovery and positive life progress in the 12 months before her death—including new employment, a supportive relationshi…
38y · Male·Multiple self-inflicted stab wounds to the chest causing significant internal or…
…nded his residence to interview him regarding rape allegations. Upon seeing police, Taylor ran to a bedroom and stabbed himself repeatedly in the chest with a fillet knife. Officers deployed a Taser twice to stop the se…
18y · Male·Chest injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash
… while being attempted intercepted by police. After overtaking a vehicle illegally, police activated lights and sirens. Ferguson accelerated and lost control on a sharp bend 850 metres away, sustaining fatal chest injur…
76y · Male·Streptococcus pneumoniae sepsis in the setting of acute bronchopneumonia and ren…
Terence Michael Brooks, a 76-year-old man with dementia, vascular disease, and depression, died of streptococcal pneumoniae sepsis with acute bronchopneumonia and renal failure from obst…
Male·suicide
…f males aged under 18 in Greater Geelong between February-June 2020. All deaths were temporally, spatially, and socially clustered with shared risk factors including relationship breakdowns, mental health deterioration,…
68y · Male·Unknown; likely suicide by unknown means
…r treated in 2015-2017 but was not receiving ongoing medical care. In late 2019, he reported stomach issues and claimed to need radiation therapy for growths behind his eye, though Medicare records showed no such treatm…
57y · Male·Complications of opioid (hydromorphone and morphine) toxicity and incised wounds…
Leslie Hawkins, aged 57 with dementia and significant medical comorbidities, died from opioid toxicity and incised wrist wounds as part of a suicide …
35y · Male·The available evidence does not allow for any finding to be made as to the cause…
… psychiatric diagnoses including bipolar disorder, autism spectrum disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and social anxiety disorder. His mental health deteriorated significantly in 2022 following his dog's death in …
37y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy as a direct result of neck compression
…lopathy resulting from ligature strangulation (neck compression). She was admitted to ICU in cardiac arrest and died nine days later. She had a history of depression and previous suicidality in India but had received no…
34y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained when the car he was driving collided with a tree
A 34-year-old man with a history of depression and a previous suicide attempt died when he intentionally drove his car into a tree. He had been prescribed ant…
15y · Male·Hanging
…m. The death occurred during a 2009 suicide cluster in Greater Geelong affecting seven young people aged 18 and under (compared to one death in 2007 and 2008). Key lessons include the need for integrated community suici…
64y · Female·Combined toxicity to alcohol and baclofen
Anna Lawrence, 64, died from combined toxicity of alcohol and baclofen on 30 April 2020. She had a 40+ year history of alcohol dependency, borderline personality disorde…
22y · Male·Hanging
A 22-year-old man with depression, alcohol addiction, and recent significant losses (parents, sister, friend) presented to Frankston ED on 14 January 2018 with activ…
17y · Male·multiple injuries due to motor vehicle collision
Two juvenile males, aged 17 and 16, died in a high-speed motor vehicle crash on the Gore Highway near Wyaga Creek on 21 April 2018. The veh…
26y · Male·severe closed head injury associated with severe fractures of the cranial vault …
Two remand prisoners died by jumping from mezzanine floors at Adelaide Remand Centre. Andrew Gill (26) died 2 June 200…
19y · Male·complications of ligature compression of the neck
Stanley John Inman, 19-year-old Aboriginal male, died by suicide at St John of God Midland Hospital on 13 July 2020, two days after ligature compression of the neck at Acacia Prison. He was on low-l…
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