273 results for “acute mental illness”
29y · Male·unknown, probably immersion
…oluntary detention decisions when patients present with documented suicide plans, self-harm behaviour, and acute destabilisation. Earlier intervention by mental health services and more robust safety planning following …
60y · Male·Drowning; elevated blood ethanol level
Nicholas Lobo, aged 60, died by drowning with elevated blood alcohol (0.21%). He was discharged from acute psychiatric inpatient care to a rehabilitation facility on a Community Treatment Order after recent diagno…
64y · Male·acute myocardial infarction in association with coronary artery atherosclerosis
…nary artery disease, presented to Royal Perth Hospital on 15 December 2023 with an infected foot wound and acute psychosis. Initial troponin elevation was determined to be a false positive (assay interference). He was a…
66y · Male·inanition and probable respiratory tract infection complicating Alzheimer's deme…
…nd probable respiratory tract infection complicating advanced Alzheimer's dementia. He was admitted to the Acute Older Persons Mental Health Unit at Flinders Medical Centre under a Level 3 Inpatient Treatment Order due …
69y · Male·end-stage interstitial lung disease and chronic congestive cardiac failure
…irment died at Flinders Medical Centre. He had a history of medication non-compliance leading to recurrent acute exacerbations requiring hospitalisation. During his final admission, he developed delirium, agitation and …
Male·Gunshot wound to the abdomen
…armed person incident on 31 May 2008. Dyer had a history of depression, previous suicide attempts, and was acutely intoxicated (BAC 0.215%) and unmedicated at the time. The coroner found Dyer deliberately provoked the s…
88y · Male·bilateral acute bronchopneumonia on a background of chronic obstructive airways …
An 88-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic schizophrenia died of bilateral acute bronchopneumonia while subject to a Mental Health Act detention order at a teaching hospital. He was admit…
36y · Male·Immersion (drowning)
…April 2019 with accommodation concerns; staff conducted a risk assessment documented as non-urgent with no acute mental health issues identified. The coroner found appropriate clinical care was delivered within availabl…
45y · Male·Blood loss due to multiple self-inflicted incised injuries
Karim Aarras, a 45-year-old man with longstanding mental health issues, chronic pain, and substance use disorder (methamphetamine), presented to police in a severe…
53y · Male·unknown - no postmortem examination possible
…25 January 2017. He had experienced a domestic violence incident on 6 January 2017, was detained under the Mental Health Act but assessed as not at immediate risk of self-harm, and subsequently left home with minimal bel…
22y · Male·Multiple injuries secondary to fall from a height
…patient unit at Orygen Youth Health on 19 January 2011. Critical clinical shortcomings were identified: no mental state assessment or meaningful engagement documented over 10 hours (9:45pm to 8:29am) despite nursing care…
46y · Female·hypoxic ischaemic brain injury as a result of cardiac arrest following a choking…
Andrea Sewell, a 46-year-old woman with Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome (ODS) and acute psychiatric illness, died from hypoxic brain injury following a choking episode during a meal in a psychia…
25y · Male·Cardiomegaly
Andrew Kellett, a 25-year-old man with a history of mental illness (bipolar disorder, depression, schizophrenia, auditory hallucinations, and suicidal ideation), die…
32y · Male·gunshot wounds to the trunk
…bstance abuse and violence, died following a police shooting. On 24 November 2014, he was detained under a Mental Health Act Emergency Examination Order after telling police he intended to kill himself. At Gold Coast Uni…
42y · Female·hanging
…ischarge at BAL 0.2% without contacting Dr K. for collateral information. Expert evidence established that mental health assessment should not be precluded by intoxication, and that collateral information from her psychi…
49y · Female·Unascertained; most likely cardiac abnormality
Jennifer Gebert, a 49-year-old with long-standing mental illness and substance use disorder, died unexpectedly in an acute psychiatric unit on 6 December 2019. She…
52y · Male·multiple organ failure and pulmonary thromboemboli complicating generalised seps…
…ed heart failure secondary to sleep apnoea. He lacked capacity to consent to treatment due to a psychotic illness and was appropriately placed on an involuntary treatment order. Despite aggressive multispecialty managem…
23y · Male·hanging
…ted to attending uniformed officers. The coroner concluded the first threshold criterion under section 351 Mental Health Act 2014 was not met—there was no compelling evidence that the uniformed members considered Jamie a…
75y · Female·pyelonephritis and pneumonia
Molly Jessie Smith, a 75-year-old woman with longstanding severe mental illness, died of pyelonephritis and pneumonia on 16 August 2009. She had been in state psychiatric care co…
Unknown·Mia: Stab wound to heart; Thomas: Stab wound to brain
…recognize or escalate concerning behavioral changes despite witnesses noting 'something was wrong'; (4) no mental health intervention occurred despite clear indicators of mental illness on the day of attack. While Ayad h…
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