92 results for “acute suicidal behaviour”
33y · Female·blunt impact injuries to neck and chest
…p by community mental health services (CLEARS). However, the second ED presentation on 28 October revealed acute self-harm and escalating suicidal ideation. The assessing clinician failed to review available clinical do…
56y · Female·acute pentobarbitone toxicity
56-year-old woman died from acute pentobarbitone toxicity in her Sydney apartment on 27-28 May 2016. She had a long history of mental health…
7y · Male·multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (passenger)
…ould have prompted intervention to prevent this tragedy. The case highlights the challenges in identifying acute suicide risk in distressed individuals and the importance of comprehensive family support during terminal …
28y · Male·neck compression consequent upon hanging
A 28-year-old man with severe personality disorder, substance use history, and recent suicidal ideation died by hanging. He was admitted to mental health services on 25 February 2019 after suicide thr…
46y · Female·Combined drug toxicity in a woman found in a bath
…type 2 died from combined drug toxicity. She had a long history of overdose attempts, often without clear suicidal intent, and was under care of multiple mental health services. Critical clinical lessons include: (1) imp…
27y · Male·Hanging
…ng using a bed sheet attached to exposed window bars in the toilet. Critical failures included: housing an acutely suicidal patient in an area with accessible hanging points despite prior staff warnings about this risk;…
28y · Male·consistent with drowning
…Pappas, a 28-year-old with a history of substance abuse, depression, borderline personality disorder, and suicidal ideation, died by drowning on approximately 4 March 2007, following the discovery that his partner Lynett…
36y · Male·Gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen
…eteriorating mental health despite recent psychiatric intervention, substance abuse triggers for violent behaviour, and the challenge of managing acute crises in patients with brain injury and polysubstance use.
31y · Male·Injuries sustained in a fall from height
… and displaying clear signs of psychological distress (racing thoughts, insomnia, dark thoughts, bizarre behaviour, anxiety), he did not receive a formal mental state assessment. The treating team referred him to HIV Ps…
42y · Male·Incised injury to the neck resulting in exsanguination and air embolism
…wo prior self-harm incidents with razor blades in April and May 2016, and clinical assessment recommending acute assessment unit admission, he remained on a waiting list and was housed in a mainstream unit with unrestri…
14y · Female·Compression of the neck in circumstances of hanging
Chanelle Rae was a 14-year-old girl who died by hanging at home following an argument with a school friend online. She had no prior mental health history or significant stressors. The coroner identified a youth suicide c…
42y · Male·hanging
… de-escalation of observation status in high-risk prisoners, despite explicit statements about concealing suicidal intent, may be unsafe; (4) frequent prison transfers disrupted continuity of mental health care; (5) inte…
27y · Male·The available evidence does not allow for any finding to be made as to the cause…
…lise his situation. He was experienced in bushwalking and rock climbing. The coroner noted no evidence of suicidal intent prior to disappearance, though acknowledged the possibility of either suicide or fatal misadventur…
25y · Female·Ligature Compression of the Neck (Hanging)
… of mental illness, personality disorder, and poly-drug abuse. On the morning of her death, she expressed suicidal ideation to multiple staff members, but no one initiated the At Risk Management System (ARMS), a protocol…
Unknown·Gunshot wound to the head (self-inflicted)
…ing marital and financial crisis, also accessed firearms readily despite an instructor noting concerning behaviour. The coroner identified that neither individual held firearms licenses or club memberships, making them …
18y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
… at supported accommodation in April 2006. He had Aspergers Syndrome diagnosed at age 4, with escalating behavioural and mental health crises from adolescence. Despite multiple emergency department presentations and psy…
Unknown·Sodium nitrite toxicity
…ion, anxiety, chronic pain, and medical conditions including emphysema and legal blindness, and expressed suicidal ideation approximately one year before death. Ryley had depression, substance abuse history, and became i…
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 …
23y · Male·Hanging
… a disabled bathroom on 24 June 2013. He was admitted under the Mental Health Act following assessment for acute psychosis and had spent 39 days in seclusion across April and May. A key contributing factor was access to…
24y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
A 24-year-old man with bipolar disorder and ADHD died by gunshot wound to the head approximately 5 months after a serious suicide attempt by overdose. He had been assessed as fit to hold a firearms licence by his treatin…
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