464 results for “substance use history”
27y · Female·mixed methadone and alcohol intoxication
Susan Patterson, a 27-year-old Aboriginal woman with a history of alcohol and polysubstance use, died from mixed methadone and alcohol intoxication. She consumed an unk…
51y · Female·undetermined - either citalopram toxicity or ischaemic heart disease
…ally lethal citalopram level, and autopsy showed significant atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. The cause of death was undetermined, as either citalopram toxicity or ischaemic heart disease could have been fatal. …
26y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (heroin, morphine, codeine combined with lorazepam, olanzapi…
Nicholas Lopes, a 26-year-old with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, intellectual disability, and substance use disorders, died from mixed drug toxicity (heroin combined with benzodiazepines and antipsychotics) t…
21y · Male·hanging
…at home after relationship breakdown. He had undiagnosed depression, was using methamphetamine, and had a history of domestic violence perpetration with a protection order breached three times in the preceding months. D…
23y · Male·Haemorrhage from incised wounds to the neck and wrists
… a drug-induced psychotic episode following acute methylamphetamine intoxication. He had a complex trauma history including childhood domestic violence exposure, paternal heroin overdose witnessed as a teenager, chronic…
52y · Male·Blunt force injuries to head
Rodney Scarman, a 52-year-old man with a history of mental illness and substance use, died from blunt force injuries to the head on 25 December 2011. He w…
59y · Male·Multiple blunt injuries following a fall from a cliff
A 59-year-old man with a long history of illicit drug use, homelessness, and untreated mental health symptoms died by suicide after jumping fro…
39y · Female·MJU: stab wounds to the neck and chest; KJH: stab wounds to the back
…H once. Despite MJU calling emergency services at 12:40pm reporting CTH's hallucinations, paranoia and drug use, paramedics and police assessed him as not meeting Mental Health Act thresholds for involuntary admission. …
44y · Male·Early bronchopneumonia in a man receiving palliative medical care for liver fail…
…y terminal without liver transplantation, which was declined due to poor social circumstances and active substance use history. No clinical failures or preventable factors were identified. The coroner commended the qual…
42y · Male·MIXED DRUG TOXICITY
James Komninakis, a 42-year-old man with a long history of illicit drug use since adolescence, died from mixed drug toxicity on 12 January 2020. Post-mortem toxi…
53y · Female·Unintentional mixed prescription drug toxicity (morphine and diazepam) together …
…icantly increases vulnerability to CNS depressants; and the dangers of concurrent opioid and benzodiazepine use. The case highlights risks of informal medication sharing among vulnerable patients with substance use hist…
30y · Male·neck compression from ligature strangulation and possible suspension (hanging)
…lese national in Australia, died by intentional neck compression on 11–12 January 2018. He had previously caused the death of Amelia Blake on 9 January 2018. BG was experiencing multiple severe stressors: approximately …
38y · Female·Combined effects of ischaemic and valvular heart disease with methamphetamine us…
A 38-year-old woman with chronic methamphetamine and cannabis abuse died from cardiac arrest at home. She had pre-existing severe ischaemic and valvular heart disease requirin…
26y · Female·neck compression due to hanging
Juanita Lee McNamara-Cutler, a 26-year-old mother of three with a complex history of mental illness, substance abuse, and prior suicide attempts, died by hanging on 7 September 2014, thre…
31y · Male·extensive global cerebral hypoxia following prolonged asphyxia following attempt…
Ian Glen Bransby, a 31-year-old remandee with a history of substance abuse and depression, died from asphyxia following attempted hanging at Calvary Hospital on …
62y · Female·Unknown. Likely natural causes, possibly with drug-related element. QT-prolongat…
…, 62, was found dead at her home in Redfern between 27 February and 1 March 2017. She had complex medical history including COPD, endocarditis, hepatitis C and substance use disorder (heroin, cannabis, methadone). She w…
31y · Male·Head and chest injury
…es on the South Western Highway at Argyle, Western Australia, on 30 September 2011. He had a longstanding history of mental illness, poly-substance abuse including intravenous amphetamines and heroin, chronic suicidal i…
52y · Male·Asphyxia due to smoke inhalation from caravan fire
Brendan Craig Burns, a 52-year-old man with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and substance use disorder, died from asphyxia due to smoke inhalation in a caravan fire on 5 November 2016. He had pr…
50y · Male·hanging
50-year-old male with long-standing substance abuse history (alcohol, marijuana, heroin until 2009) and complex mental health issues including depress…
45y · Male·multiple drug toxicity
…Cooma Correctional Centre, died from multiple drug toxicity involving methadone and mirtazapine. He had a history of drug dependence and mental health conditions (schizophrenia, depression) managed with olanzapine and m…
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