867 results for “anxiety”
48y · Male·unascertained
Daniel Harvey, a 48-year-old man with morbid obesity, cirrhosis, diabetes, and polysubstance use including methadone and methamphetamine, was found unresponsive in immigration detention on 10 August 2020. He had complain…
34y · Male·Stab wound to the chest
…(methylamphetamine use by both parties). The partner had escalating mental health concerns with paranoia, anxiety and reported thoughts of harming others, but consistently denied substance use to treating clinicians. Wh…
44y · Female·Hanging
…linical opportunities were missed: the initial mental health screening failed to identify her known PTSD, anxiety and depression despite these being documented in available electronic records; her self-referral form req…
48y · Female·Combined drug toxicity involving oxycodone, benzodiazepines (diazepam, nordiazep…
A 48-year-old woman with epilepsy, depression, anxiety and documented drug dependence died from combined toxicity of oxycodone, benzodiazepines, amitriptyline a…
94y · Female·pneumonia due to traumatic left rib fractures, complicated by malignant left ple…
Mrs Standaloft, aged 94, died of pneumonia due to traumatic left rib fractures complicated by malignant pleural effusion and recurrent lung carcinoma, sustained in an unwitnessed fall at a nursing home on 31 December 201…
86y · Female·Unable to be determined
An 86-year-old woman resident in aged care died with toxicology revealing a potentially fatal concentration of sertraline (1.7mg/kg, with metabolite at 2.3mg/kg; fatal range 0.61–1.6mg/kg). A clinical pharmacologist opin…
21y · Male·injuries sustained when struck by train
…ical lessons: the deceased had no documented mental health issues despite a family history of suicide and anxiety; he had not attended medical care for years, limiting early detection of risk. The coroner noted that whi…
51y · Male·gunshot wound to the chest
Andrew Chee Quee, 51, died from a gunshot wound sustained during a police confrontation at Bay Street, Rockdale, on 20 April 2020. He had a longstanding history of depression, substance abuse, and suicidal ideation. On t…
29y · Male·Unascertained
AR was a 29-year-old man with autism, developmental disability and epilepsy living in a residential disability care facility. He was found unconscious and died suddenly on 30 August 2010. Initial post-mortem findings sug…
37y · Female·sepsis secondary to rectosigmoid perforation on a background of metastatic squam…
Carmen Jayne Clancy, aged 37, died on 27 September 2022 from sepsis secondary to rectosigmoid perforation caused by metastatic cervical cancer. Incarcerated on home detention following a cancer diagnosis in 2021, she und…
39y · Male·respiratory failure as a result of the interaction of prescribed medication and …
Mark Richard Gleeson, 39, died from respiratory failure caused by the combined effect of prescribed antipsychotic/anxiolytic medications (olanzapine, quetiapine, clonazepam) and alcohol consumed within hours of discharge…
34y · Male·self-inflicted hanging
…ial risk screening on reception was negative (with a later noted administrative form error). He expressed anxiety about court proceedings the day before death. A welfare check at 7:57pm found no concern. The subsequent …
65y · Male·Acute on chronic subdural haematoma caused by accidental falls
Steven Basil Bradley, 65, died from acute on chronic subdural haematoma following an unwitnessed fall in hospital. He had metastatic prostate cancer, ischaemic heart disease, and diabetes. On admission for chest sepsis, …
51y · Female·Multiorgan failure in the setting of WHO Class III obesity, chronic excessive al…
A 51-year-old woman with WHO Class III obesity, chronic alcohol consumption, and anaemia died of multiorgan failure following admission with community-acquired pneumonia and respiratory failure. She presented with abdomi…
26y · Female·Multiple drug toxicity
Alissa Campbell, aged 26, died from accidental drug overdose caused by multiple prescription medications—predominantly codeine and doxepin in combination with benzodiazepines. She had accessed prescription drugs from at …
49y · Male·traumatic amputation of right lower leg due to being trapped under a moving trac…
Darryl Arthur Adamson, a 49-year-old man with a history of seizures (within 3 days of death), severe ischaemic heart disease (70% LAD narrowing), and recent hepatitis C diagnosis, died from traumatic amputation of his ri…
20y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Allan Kevin Hudson, a 20-year-old male with a history of depression, suicidality, substance abuse and previous sexual trauma, died by hanging on 13 August 2006 at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital's psychiatric ward D20. He …
67y · Female·Head injuries
Shirley Kidd, aged 67, died from head injuries inflicted by her grandson Hayden during a cannabis-induced psychosis. Hayden had experienced severe childhood abuse by his stepfather and subsequently developed mental healt…
25y · Male·immersion in water (drowning)
Nathan James Gaunt, a 25-year-old courier driver from Albany, WA, was found to have died by suicide on 22 October 2018 after jumping from The Gap cliff. He left home without his work clothes and drove to The Gap, where h…
27y · Male·chest and abdominal injuries from single motorcycle crash
Jacob Wilson, aged 27, died from chest and abdominal injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash on 22 January 2018. He was travelling to a scheduled mental health appointment when he lost control of his motorcycle on a cur…
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