29 results for “major depressive episode”
16y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
Maria Liordos, a 16-year-old in state care with complex trauma, substance abuse, mental health issues and high-risk behaviours, died from mixed drug toxicity. The coroner identified significant failures in supervision an…
20y · Unknown·Traumatic brain damage complicating gunshot wound to the head
Two young adults aged 20 died from gunshot wounds to the head on 29-30 May 2001 in what appears to be a murder-suicide involving Peter Klingner and his girlfriend Cheree Dinsdale. Klingner had paranoid schizophrenia with…
43y · Female·suffocation
Ms K, aged 43, was killed by her husband through suffocation on 7 March 2017 after years of coercive control, physical violence, and emotional abuse. A critical police response on 17 August 2016 when Ms K reported car va…
55y · Male·Hanging
Christopher Traill, a 55-year-old lawyer with alcohol dependence and depression, died by hanging in a psychiatric inpatient unit on 25 February 2017, just hours after admission as a compulsory patient. He used his belt a…
41y · Female·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Petya, a 41-year-old Bulgarian-born woman, died by ligature compression of the neck while an involuntary psychiatric patient at Bentley Health Service Ward 6 on 16 December 2020. She had been admitted following acute psy…
Male·Multiple injuries due to train over-run (suicide by train)
Two separate suicides by train in July 2006 of young men admitted to Logan Hospital mental health services. Liam Wright (19) was transferred from the secure Acute Observation Area (AOA) to an open ward on 14 July 2006 de…
38y · Male·Multiple injuries
Damian Kay, aged 38, died from multiple injuries after jumping from the 16th floor of a hotel on 22 September 2010, with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.71%. The death occurred in the context of recent relationship br…
57y · Male·Head injury from fall; with coronary atherosclerosis and complete heart block wi…
A 57-year-old man with bipolar disorder died from head injury following a fall at Toowong Private Hospital. Critical failures in falls risk management were identified: no formal falls risk assessment was completed on adm…
5y · Male·Presumed drowning
CS, aged 5 years 9 months, died by presumed drowning on 2 March 2017 in the Murray River, Moama NSW. His mother LS, who was mentally unwell and using ice, forcibly held him underwater. Multiple agencies—FACS, NSW and Vic…
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