402 results for “suicide risk high”
86y · Male·carbon monoxide poisoning
…t criteria, and discharged to community care with daily follow-up planned. Within three weeks, he died by suicide. Key clinical lessons: (1) older men aged 85+ have the highest suicide rate in Victoria—this demographic …
39y · Female·Hypovolaemic shock due to incised injury to the wrist
A 39-year-old woman with a history of mental health issues and previous suicide attempts was admitted to a high-dependency psychiatric unit following a suicide attempt involving razor b…
57y · Male·partially suspended hanging
… personality features. Key clinical lessons: (1) Prolonged stays on non-psychiatric wards for patients with high suicide risk require enhanced environmental safety measures including regular searches for means; (2) When …
31y · Female·Plastic bag asphyxia
…ag and placed it over her head between 6:00-7:00 AM. She had been assessed as not presenting acute suicidal risk the previous evening and was observed asleep at 6:00 AM. The coroner found the death preventable, concludin…
47y · Female·INCISED INJURY TO THE NECK
… her parents' deaths and increasing social isolation. Two days before her death, a case manager completed a risk assessment and found her stable, denying suicidal ideation, though she reported hopelessness themes. The co…
33y · Female·hanging
… woman with significant history of mental health issues, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation and prior suicide attempts died by hanging while highly intoxicated (BAC 0.183g/100mL). She used a length of telecommunicat…
26y · Male·multiple injuries, primarily severe chest trauma, due to jumping from the Tasman…
A 26-year-old man with psychosis and acute schizophrenia died by suicide jumping from the Tasman Bridge. He had been diagnosed with ADHD, generalised anxiety disorder, and sleep-…
29y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a train incident (intentional self-harm)
Grant Phillips, 29-year-old with schizophrenia and complex psychiatric history including multiple suicide attempts, was admitted involuntarily to Broadmeadows Inpatient Psychiatric Unit on 5 May 2007. Despite be…
50y · Female·compression of the neck consistent with hanging
…epression and recent breast cancer diagnosis, was admitted to Cramond Clinic psychiatric ward following a suicide attempt on Christmas Day 2008. She died by hanging in her room on 28 December 2008. Critical failures inc…
31y · Male·Self-inflicted hanging
Samuel John Mills, a 31-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia, died by suicide in Lotus Glen Correctional Centre's medical ward in 2004. Staff provided adequate supervision on the day …
19y · Male·Hanging (intentional suicide)
…g on 1 May 2007. Duke had a history of depression, substance abuse, anger management issues, and previous suicide attempts. He was under supervision by the Department of Human Services through Youth Justice following cr…
60y · Male·Global cerebral ischaemia post cardiac arrest in the setting of neck compression
… Unit bathroom. Key clinical lessons include: communication difficulties (voice loss) should not diminish suicide risk assessment—Dr B.'s assessment of 'no overt risks' despite multiple prior attempts was inadequate; tr…
31y · Male·Multiple injuries in a fall
A 31-year-old male with depression and a history of suicide attempts stopped taking his antidepressant (escitalopram) against medical advice. On 9 October 2008, afte…
54y · Male·Multiple injuries due to motor vehicle collision with retaining wall caused by d…
Adrian Pitman, a 54-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, died by suicide following a motor vehicle collision with a retaining wall. He was subject to a psychiatric treatment orde…
34y · Male·hanging
…2008, six hours after being granted leave from psychiatric detention at Woodleigh House. He had attempted suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning two days earlier following workplace stress, shoulder injury, loss of driver…
55y · Female·Plastic bag suffocation
…sical disability and depression since suffering a subarachnoid haemorrhage in 1995. She had made multiple suicide attempts over 16 years. The central clinical issue was the systemic failure to secure appropriate high-ca…
36y · Female·plastic bag asphyxia
…he was housed in a maximum security prison with appropriate psychiatric oversight, holding an S1 (immediate risk) classification at the time of death. She had access to plastic packaging and cord material from clothing p…
26y · Female·Asphyxiation due to Ligature Compression of Neck
…st 2003 after presenting with wrist lacerations and reported tablet ingestion. She was assessed as moderate risk and placed on 15-minute observations. Dr A. instructed close monitoring and mentioned possible transfer to …
35y · Female·neck and chest injuries and drowning due to intentional fall/jump from Tasman Br…
Jana Culic, aged 35, died by suicide jumping from the Tasman Bridge on 4 June 2020 while subject to a Mental Health Act treatment order for sc…
53y · Male·asphyxia from combined effects of neck compression from hanging and suffocation …
John Trenorden died by suicide in prison following his arrest for allegedly murdering his former business partner Penelope Christopher. …
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