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175 results for schizoaffective disorder

NSWcommunity2024-12-18

Inquest into the death of Olivia Gilffillan

23y · Female·unascertained

…en 1–5 February 2018 after nine years of psychiatric treatment for anorexia nervosa, obsessive-compulsive disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and borderline personality disorder. She was discharged from Shellharbour Ment…

psychiatryemergency medicinesystemclozapine
SAhospital2020-12-18

Coroner's Finding: ASTACHNOWICZ Maria

76y · Female·left lower lobe pneumonia complicating metapneumovirus infection

…mplicating metapneumovirus infection at Lyell McEwin Hospital. She had extensive psychiatric history (schizoaffective disorder/bipolar) with chronic mental health admissions, managed at Clements House aged care facility…

psychiatrygeriatric medicineclonazepam
WAhome2018-06-27

Inquest into the Death of Brook Damian CAIN

39y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)

A 39-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder and substance abuse died by suicide following arrest for criminal damage. While treated unde…

psychiatryemergency medicinecommunicationsystemquetiapine
WAmental health2024-08-28

Inquest into the Death of Peter Jonathon Rex BOLTON

36y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)

A 36-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder, traumatic brain injury, and substance use disorder died by ligature while an involuntary in…

psychiatryemergency medicinehaloperidol
TAShospital2021-02-03

Coroner's Finding: Boon Alison Kim

51y · Female·peritoneal sepsis with multiple organ failure due to perforation of bowel by for…

A 51-year-old woman with intellectual disability and schizoaffective disorder died from peritoneal sepsis and multiple organ failure caused by bowel perforation from a wo…

general surgerycolorectal surgerydiagnostic
VICmental health2011-04-20

Finding into death of Nigel Delaney

51y · Male·unascertained

…died of unascertained cause while admitted to an acute psychiatry inpatient unit following relapse of schizoaffective disorder. He was found unresponsive during night observations and could not be resuscitated. Post-mor…

psychiatryforensic medicineolanzapine
VIChome2017-08-16

Finding into death of CPLH

32y · Male·Multidrug overdose

A 32-year-old man with a history of polysubstance abuse, schizoaffective disorder, and chronic pain died from multidrug overdose at home. He had obtained fentanyl, clonazepam…

general practiceemergency medicinesystemcommunicationfentanyl
WAcommunity2022-12-12

Inquest into the Death of Lewis Henry Mark WESTON

22y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)

…n, aged 22, died by suicide on 3 November 2020 while subject to a Community Treatment Order (CTO) for Schizoaffective Disorder. He presented with first-episode psychosis in 2017 and repeatedly refused antipsychotic medi…

psychiatryemergency medicineolanzapine
NSW2025-01-16

Inquest into the death of Tammy Michelle Shipley

47y · Female·hyponatraemia arising from primary polydipsia and complications of schizoaffecti…

Tammy Michelle Shipley, a 47-year-old Aboriginal woman with chronic schizoaffective disorder and bipolar disorder, died in custody on 20 December 2022 from hyponatraemia arising from pr…

psychiatryemergency medicinediagnosticcommunicationbuprenorphine
VICaged care2024-03-28

Finding into death of Joseph David Jones

76y · Male·Unascertained - natural causes

Joseph David Jones, a 76-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder, was admitted to an acute psychogeriatric unit on 29 November 2022 for a relapse associated …

psychiatrygeriatric medicineolanzapine
WAhome2025-01-23

Inquest into the Suspected Death of Benjamin Jacob VAN TRIGT

38y · Male·electrical injury

Benjamin Van Trigt, a 38-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder, died by electrocution at home on 17 November 2022 while on a Community Treatment Order (CTO…

psychiatryemergency medicinepaliperidone
NSWmental health2020-02-07

Inquest into the death of Chella Leijten

57y · Female·metastatic lung carcinoma

…rcinoma on 21 March 2018 while an involuntary patient in a palliative care unit. She had longstanding schizoaffective disorder requiring repeated psychiatric admissions. Following terminal lung cancer diagnosis in March…

psychiatrypalliative care
SAcommunity2011-12-22

Coroner's Finding: HYNES Simon Christopher

41y · Male·acute neck compression due to hanging

…on leave of absence under a Mental Health Act continuing detention order. He had a 20-year history of schizoaffective disorder requiring ongoing antipsychotic medication and community treatment orders. Despite being sub…

psychiatryforensic medicinedelaycommunication
NSWmental health2019-10-25

Inquest into the death of T V

23y · Female·Arrhythmia of unknown aetiology

… unknown aetiology whilst in MHICU at Prince of Wales Hospital. She was a 23-year-old with severe bipolar disorder, mild intellectual disability and borderline personality traits with extensive psychiatric history since …

psychiatrycardiologyhaloperidol
VICcommunity2010-03-04

Finding into death of Stuart Fraser Ronaldson

46y · Male·Unascertained - possible drowning secondary to seizure, syncope, or accident

…from the Alfred Hospital's psychiatric unit. He had been admitted involuntarily in November 2006 with schizoaffective disorder and substance abuse. Following significant clinical improvement documented by the treating p…

psychiatryforensic medicinecommunication
WAhome2025-06-24

Inquest into the Death of Leighton Michael WOOD

44y · Male·bronchopneumonia in the setting of combined drug effect

Leighton Wood, 44, died from bronchopneumonia in the setting of combined drug effect. He had schizoaffective disorder, anti-social personality disorder, and chronic polysubstance use disorder (alcohol, methylam…

psychiatrypathologyzuclopenthixol decanoate
VICcommunity2023-09-07

Finding into death of Angelo Anthony Gioscio

55y · Male·cardiac arrest in the setting of methylamphetamine toxicity, with possible serot…

…drome, complicated by pre-existing cardiac and respiratory disease, whilst in police presence. He had schizoaffective disorder and emphysema, was taking antidepressants and antipsychotics, and presented with excited del…

forensic medicinetoxicologymethamphetamine
VICcommunity2026-05-07

Finding into death of Elizabeth Susan Edwina Ferris

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…

psychiatryintensive carediagnosticcommunicationheroin
NSWhospital2023-03-03

Inquest into the death of Irene Charlish

68y · Female·Complications of a fall with contributing factors of respiratory failure, respir…

Irene Charlish, a 68-year-old woman with longstanding schizoaffective disorder and multiple comorbidities, fell at her residential facility on 6 June 2017, sustaining a pn…

emergency medicinepsychiatryclozapine
VICcommunity2016-11-29

Finding into death of Phillip Richard Anderson

32y · Male·Complications of mixed drug use

A 32-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder and polysubstance abuse disorder died from complications of mixed drug use after boarding a …

psychiatryforensic medicinecommunicationzuclopenthixol
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