690 results for “hanging”
13y · Male·Hanging
Lachlan John Howe, aged 13, died by hanging at his home on 18 May 2018 after being transported to Royal Children's Hospital. He had experienced signi…
20y · Female·injury caused by hanging
A 20-year-old woman with a long history of eating disorder, obsessive-compulsive behaviours, and adjustment difficulties died by suicide in October 2009. She had received treatment at the Bronte Centre in Melbourne and o…
42y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Wayne Larder, a 42-year-old man with depression, suicidal ideation, and substance use disorder, died by hanging in Hakea Prison on 22 February 2021. Critical failures in suicide risk management included: (1) mental he…
23y · Male·Hanging whilst suffering acute mental illness, most likely a first episode delus…
A 23-year-old man in custody died by hanging in May 2011 while experiencing untreated first-episode psychosis with paranoid delusions. He had expresse…
17y · Female·Self-inflicted hanging in the context of known complex mental health and behavio…
…l with complex mental health conditions including psychosis, bipolar disorder and suspected FASD, died by hanging at a CASPA residential care house in Katherine on 3 October 2022. She had consumed cannabis and alcohol t…
Female·asphyxia due to smoke inhalation
Two sisters, Ruby (13) and Shanzel (11), died from asphyxia due to smoke inhalation when a shed where they were sleeping caught fire on 11 June 2017 in rural Tasmania. The fire likely originated from an electrical fault …
21y · Male·complications of ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
… Jhelie, a 21-year-old Iraqi-born man in immigration detention, died by suicide on 5 September 2018 after hanging himself. He had a history of trauma, depression, drug abuse, and prior self-harm and overdose attempts. K…
33y · Male·hanging
Moses Kellie, aged 33, died by hanging at Villawood Immigration Detention Centre in January 2019 after four years in immigration detention. He h…
17y · Male·Hanging (self-inflicted)
Alec Meikle was a 17-year-old apprentice in New South Wales who experienced bullying and harassment at his workplace at Downer EDI from January to May 2008. The incidents included creation of a 'Sphincter Dilation Chart'…
64y · Female·Blunt Force Trauma to the Head in the Setting of Prolonged Lie; Metastatic Breas…
…veloping pressure ulcers and sepsis. She had advanced metastatic breast cancer. Chai subsequently died by hanging. The case demonstrates how problem gambling can escalate to intimate partner homicide, with financial dec…
36y · Male·Neck compression secondary to hanging
A 36-year-old man with a history of depression, anxiety, and alcohol dependence died by suicide during the COVID-19 pandemic following job loss. He presented to a psychotherapist with suicidal ideation, multiple risk fac…
Unknown·Ruby: ligature compression of the neck (hanging); Carly: ligature compression of…
Five young to middle-aged people with serious mental health conditions died by suicide within 12 months (March 2011 to March 2012) while under care from Alma Street Centre mental health services in Western Australia. Rub…
42y · Male·hanging
A 42-year-old prisoner with generalised anxiety disorder and chronic tinnitus causing significant distress died by suicide while incarcerated. In the months preceding his death, he presented repeatedly to health staff re…
30y · Male·hanging
…or coordination between specialties and no clear ownership of discharge planning. JC took his own life by hanging 9 hours after discharge. Clinical lessons include: recognise benzodiazepine withdrawal as a red flag requ…
50; 37y · Male; male·Mark John Furlan: hypoxic brain injury due to acute neck compression due to hang…
Two men died by hanging while detained under inpatient treatment orders at Ward 2G of Royal Adelaide Hospital. Mark Furlan (50) d…
27y · Male·compression of the neck due to hanging
…ith worsening suicidal ideation and depression but was inadequately assessed and not admitted. He died by hanging on 24 January 2016. Key failures: inadequate consideration of longitudinal history, premature discharge w…
Female·hanging (suicide)
Ms G, a woman in her forties with bipolar II disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, and severe alcohol dependence, died by suicide in November 2014. She had been admitted to hospital six times for detoxification and men…
53y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
John Stephen Passmore, a 53-year-old man with severe treatment-resistant paranoid schizophrenia, died by suicide while on community leave from psychiatric hospital. He had been an involuntary patient at Graylands Hospita…
38y · Male·hanging
Shane Tuck, an elite AFL player (2004-2013) and professional boxer (2015-2017), was found deceased by hanging on 20 July 2020. Post-mortem neuropathology confirmed severe stage III chronic traumatic encephalopathy (…
15y · Male·compression of the neck consistent with hanging
Jason Hugo-Horsman, a 15-year-old in Year 10, died by hanging while alone at home on 9 October 2010. He had been referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service…
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