33 results for “polysubstance abuse and dependence”
33y · Male·hanging
Brian Dewson, a 33-year-old man with a 12-year history of drug and alcohol abuse, multiple psychiatric assessments (antisocial personality disorder, depression), and prior su…
17y · Female·Combined drug toxicity (heroin, codeine, methadone, benzodiazepines)
Hannah Charles, a 17-year-old with substance abuse issues, died from combined drug toxicity (heroin, codeine, methadone, benzodiazepines) at a private reside…
44y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating cardiac arrest in the setting of p…
Elizabeth Ferris, a 44-year-old woman with schizoaffective disorder and polysubstance use disorder, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following cardiac arrest in the sett…
36y · Male·Multiple injuries following a motor vehicle crash; major head trauma with injury…
…Highway, Tasmania. Driving at a minimum of 100 km/h, his vehicle veered off the road, struck armco railings and roadside structures, and flipped. Post-mortem and ante-mortem toxicology revealed methylamphetamine in pote…
27y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained after being struck by a train
…c unit. He was a compulsory patient subject to a Temporary Treatment Order, admitted with suicidal ideation and substance dependence issues. Key clinical lessons: (1) The family meeting on 16 December became emotionally…
43y · Male·hypoxic brain injury caused by cardiac arrest due to unintentional drug poisonin…
A 43-year-old man with long-standing opioid use disorder and polysubstance dependence died from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest…
36y · Male·hanging
A 36-year-old man with 15-year history of paranoid schizophrenia and polysubstance abuse presented to hospital after violent behaviour toward his father while intoxicated. Desp…
30y · Male·hanging
JC was a 30-year-old with a long history of benzodiazepine dependence and previous psychiatric episodes triggered by withdrawal. He presented to Calvary Mater Hospital after …
23y · Male·injuries sustained in fall from Tasman Bridge and/or drowning after submersion i…
A 23-year-old man with bipolar disorder, polysubstance dependence, and chronic self-harm died by jumping from the Tasman Bridge hours after psychiatric disch…
26y · Male·Neck compression from hanging
…ectional centre cell on 26 October 2011. He had a history of mixed personality disorder, anxiety, opiate dependence and previous suicide attempt (age 13), but was not assessed as 'at risk' at the time of death. Clinical …
25y · Female·Chest injuries due to fall from height
…sychiatric inpatients (SH, 25-year-old female; AW, 24-year-old male) died by suicide by jumping from the Buranda car park across from Princess Alexandra Hospital's Mental Health Unit within a 10-month period despite bei…
Multiple causes across 22 deaths: ligature compression of the neck (17 hangings)…
…l inquiry examined 22 deaths of Aboriginal people in the Kimberley region of Western Australia between 2000 and 2007. Seventeen were self-harm deaths, with four additional accidental deaths and one homicide. The coroner…
25y · Male·Multiple organ failure due to acute paracetamol poisoning
…ity causing multi-organ failure. He presented to the prison medical clinic on 5 November 2015 with vomiting and abdominal pain. Clinical care was critically deficient: blood tests ordered on 6 November were never action…
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