92 results for “acute psychotic symptoms”
30y · Male·unknown - no postmortem examination performed
…versity pastoral care, social work, and law enforcement can allow vulnerable foreign students experiencing acute psychosis to fall through safety gaps, and how administrative delays in missing person investigations deny…
41y · Male·asphyxia due to neck compression following ligature suspension (hanging)
…tressors including family violence, homelessness, and financial crisis. In October 2023, he presented with acute mania and psychosis, requiring compulsory psychiatric hospitalization. After three weeks inpatient treatme…
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 being asses…
48y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest in a patient with sigmoid colon vo…
… for 23 years, presented to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital on 13 June 2004 with abdominal pain and signs of acute bowel obstruction. Initial assessment identified sigmoid volvulus on imaging. He deteriorated with oxygen …
38y · Male·hanging
…ped obsessive behaviours, cognitive changes, depression, anxiety and forgetfulness. Later he experienced psychotic symptoms with auditory hallucinations and suicidal ideation. The inquest concluded CTE is linked not to …
29y · Male·Unascertained causes on a background of agitated delirium state
…ental illness died in police custody during transport to a police station. He had stopped taking his antipsychotic medication (Risperidone 4mg daily) following GP advice to reduce it, without follow-up. On the day of de…
45y · Male·Natural causes - cardiac arrest, most likely secondary to severe tardive dyskine…
…ll-documented severe long-term side effects (tardive dyskinesia), and switched him to newer atypical antipsychotics. Despite multiple medication adjustments by both his GP and a consulting psychiatrist, his behavior and…
33y · Male·hanging
…had been remanded in custody for three weeks. Despite psychiatric assessment on 15 September identifying psychotic symptoms and thought disorder, he was commenced on antipsychotic medication (Olanzapine) and referred to…
40y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia
…e (NMS), died from aspiration pneumonia following intubation at Werribee Mercy Hospital. He presented with acute abdominal pain and vomiting, imaging suggested small bowel obstruction, and he became agitated during naso…
27y · Male·Cardiac arrest due to cardiac arrhythmia triggered by prone restraint (some of w…
…Peachey, a 27-year-old First Nations man, died in custody following a police-initiated restraint during an acute psychotic episode. Over preceding days, his family repeatedly sought mental health intervention. On 20 May…
33y · Female·blunt impact injuries to neck and chest
A 33-year-old woman with depression, anxiety, and emerging psychotic symptoms presented to the ED on two consecutive days (26 and 28 October 2013). Following the first prese…
79y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
…f myocardial infarctions, coronary artery bypass graft, schizophrenia, and ischaemic heart disease died of acute cardiac failure while detained in a mental health facility. He had been appropriately assessed by cardiolo…
Multiple stab wounds to chest (David Gerard: stab wound to chest piercing heart;…
Joint inquest into two homicides by individuals with schizophrenia who were managed by mental health services. Anthony Butler stabbed David Gerard in 2001 after being discharged from Glenside Hospital without Community T…
21y · Male·multiple injuries from fall from water tower
A 21-year-old man with acute psychosis was admitted involuntarily to a psychiatric ward after being found climbing a power pole. After …
54y · Female·Hanging
…vere depression and anxiety in early 2011. After two suicide attempts, she was admitted to Austin Health's Acute Psychiatric Unit involuntarily. After 11 days of treatment and progressive day leave, she was approved for…
43y · Female·neck compression due to hanging
…tly recommended hospital admission, stating she had major depression with melancholic features, possible psychotic symptoms, and elevated self-harm risk. However, the acute crisis intervention service (EACIS) implemente…
19y · Female·hypoxic encephalopathy as a result of attempted hanging
…without formal handover to another staff member; general practitioners should refer patients with florid psychotic symptoms to specialist psychiatric care promptly. The coroner noted the medication regime was appropriat…
45y · Male·Cardiorespiratory arrest due to coronary artery disease, severe psychosis requir…
…ere psychosis, coronary artery disease, and obesity, died from cardiorespiratory arrest triggered by antipsychotic-induced laryngeal dystonia. Admitted involuntarily for acute psychotic relapse, he experienced respirato…
27y · Male·ligature strangulation
… forensic mental health facility. The deceased had multiple admissions for medication non-compliance and psychotic relapse. The co-patient, classified as extremely high-risk for interpersonal violence, was released from…
52y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism
…ability, and multiple comorbidities died from pulmonary thromboembolism at home. He developed respiratory symptoms on 24 March, was managed in primary care with telehealth and face-to-face consultations, was hospitalised…
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