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123 results for paranoid ideation

VIChospital2023-04-03

Finding into death of David Bramwell Van Vledder

48y · Male·Drowning

A 48-year-old man with depression, problematic alcohol use, and recent onset paranoid ideation and auditory hallucinations presented twice to the Emergency Department on the morning of his de…

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VIChome2024-10-11

Finding into death of XY XY

16y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head

…wound. He had attended Headspace for mental health support and seen a GP who identified previous suicidal ideation but no active plans at that time. In the weeks before death, he disclosed suicidal thoughts and specific …

psychiatrygeneral practicecommunicationsystem
QLDcommunity2016-02-05

Cooper, Paul James - Non-inquest findings

41y · Male·Hanging

…atric review. He had recently commenced Isotretinoin for severe acne, which coincided with development of paranoid delusions, suicidal ideation, and significant functional decline. Although initially assessed as low-risk…

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QLDPodcast2020-06-30

Ayliffe-Chung, Mia Mishka Annie and; Jackson, Thomas Leslie - Non-inquest findings

Unknown·Mia: Stab wound to heart; Thomas: Stab wound to brain

…t 2016 by a French backpacker, Smail Ayad, who was psychotic and cannabis-intoxicated. Ayad had displayed paranoid ideation, paranoid schizophrenia, and major depression. Clinical lessons include: (1) recognizing prodrom…

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SAhome2014-06-17

Coroner's Finding: KOLBIG Drew Robin

37y · Male·stab wound to the chest penetrating the heart

…on-compliance with medication, excessive alcohol consumption, and escalating psychotic symptoms including paranoid delusions that people wanted to harm him and command hallucinations instructing self-harm. On 20 April, h…

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NSWcommunity2025-10-31

Inquest into the disappearance and suspected death of Sana Salman

34y · Female·not able to be determined - body not found

…rged from Northern Beaches Hospital on 22 August 2022. She had been admitted for a psychotic relapse with paranoid delusions related to poor medication compliance. Despite recent improvement during hospitalisation and co…

psychiatrysystemcommunicationclozapine
VICmental health2014-10-07

Finding into death of Warren Guneratne

25y · Male·consistent with drowning in a man with multiple injuries

Warren Guneratne, a 25-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia, was admitted involuntarily to the psychiatric unit of Royal Melbourne Hospital on 28 Janua…

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NSWcommunity2016-03-24

Inquest into the disappearance and suspected death of Peter Millett

45y · Male·unable to determine

…eeks preceding his disappearance, his mental health deteriorated significantly—he exhibited rapid speech, paranoid ideation about conspiracies, and appeared confused and distressed. Notably, he had stopped taking his ant…

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SAcommunity2004-07-16

Coroner's Finding: DINSDALE Cheree Ann and KLINGNER Peter James

20y · Unknown·Traumatic brain damage complicating gunshot wound to the head

… appears to be a murder-suicide involving Peter Klingner and his girlfriend Cheree Dinsdale. Klingner had paranoid schizophrenia with antisocial personality traits, poor medication compliance, amphetamine abuse, and morb…

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QLDhome2012-09-13

CMC

36y · Female·Excited delirium

…nd haemochromatosis. On the evening of death, she became increasingly agitated and aggressive, displaying paranoid thoughts and unusual physical strength. After stabbing her son with a kitchen knife, he stabbed her multi…

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WAcommunity

Inquest into the Death of Paul DICKSON

34y · Male·multiple injuries

Paul Dickson, a 34-year-old man with severe paranoid schizophrenia managed on a Community Treatment Order, died by suicide on 11 November 2013 after stepping …

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VICcommunity2016-12-05

Finding into death of Miroslaw Dziczkowski

40y · Male·UNDETERMINED - natural causes (most probably natural disease; starvation could n…

Miroslaw Dziczkowski, a 40-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia managed under a Community Treatment Order, disappeared in January 2013 after withdrawing $7…

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SAmental health2023-03-03

Coroner's Finding: Paxford, Mathew George

27y · Male·hanging

…c symptoms died by hanging from a bathroom door in an acute mental health unit. He had expressed suicidal ideation, told his parents he needed to die to protect them, and made a farewell phone call to say goodbye. Clinic…

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VICcommunity2021

Finding into death of Mr O

47y · Male·Hanging

A 47-year-old man with newly diagnosed schizophrenia died by hanging. He had presented with paranoid delusions and was engaged with mental health services in February 2017. Critical deficiencies were identi…

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NSWcommunity2020-06-10

Inquest into the death of Christopher McGRAIL

44y · Male·Gunshot wounds to the trunk and right thigh with subsequent blood loss

… He presented with acute intoxication (alcohol and methamphetamine), substance-induced psychotic episode, paranoid delusions about police, and expressed suicidal ideation. Police attempted extended de-escalation includin…

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WAmental health2000-01

Inquest into the Death of Steven Charles Indich

20y · Male·Ligature Compression of the Neck (Hanging)

…close observation during his 3-day admission, he was not assessed as suicidal and no evidence of suicidal ideation was documented during this final admission. He hanged himself with a belt from his wardrobe rail approxim…

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WA2017-05-03

Inquest into the Death of Jemmy Vincent HOURAREAU

53y · Male·Penetrating injuries to the right arm and chest

… the importance of timely mental health assessment when behavioural changes occur (the deceased exhibited paranoid ideation following a drink-driving arrest in August 2011); recognising that apparently resilient individu…

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NSW2015-11-11

Inquest into the death of W

23y · Male·Hanging whilst suffering acute mental illness, most likely a first episode delus…

…-old man in custody died by hanging in May 2011 while experiencing untreated first-episode psychosis with paranoid delusions. He had expressed suicidal ideation on 20 April and was assessed by a Risk Intervention Team. D…

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NSWcommunity2020-02-27

Inquest into the death of DP

45y · Male·gunshot wound to the chest

DP, a 45-year-old with a history of methylamphetamine use and drug-induced psychosis/schizophrenia, attended Quakers Hill Police Station on 19 January 2016 with a knife intending to provoke police into shooting him. His …

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VICmental health2016-06-01

Finding into death of Daniel John Woodburn

22y · Male·Multiple injuries secondary to fall from a height

…gnificant failures in care delivery versus documented plans, inadequate engagement with an acutely unwell paranoid patient, and systemic gaps in staff briefing about risk management strategies.

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