227 results for “alcohol dependence”
34y · Male·Multiple Blunt Force Injuries
…ons and the death. Clinical lessons include recognizing that untreated mental health issues combined with alcohol dependence and recent stressors significantly increase risk of impulsive, dangerous behaviour. Early inte…
51y · Male·Complications of chronic ethanol use
EH was a 51-year-old man with chronic alcohol dependence, liver cirrhosis, and recent hip fracture complications who died at home on 1 November 2022 wh…
31y · Male·Head and chest injury
…uicidal ideation, and multiple psychiatric admissions. On the day of his death, he consumed amphetamines, alcohol, and ingested benzodiazepines. Following a altercation with a companion, he came to be lying on a dark st…
54y · Male·gunshot wound to the head
WX, a 54-year-old with longstanding depression, substance abuse (opioids, benzodiazepines), and a 2008 suicide attempt, died by gunshot wound on 27 April 2015. Despite this psychiatric and substance abuse history, he hel…
50y · Female·Combined drug toxicity in a woman with tension pneumothorax
…s, aged 50, died from combined drug toxicity in the setting of tension pneumothorax. She had a history of alcohol dependence, depression, and borderline personality disorder. Following an argument with her partner on 7 …
41y · Male·complications of acute alcohol intoxication
Anthony Gilbert, a 41-year-old man with chronic alcohol dependence and depression, died from complications of acute alcohol intoxication after police returned hi…
43y · Female·mixed drug toxicity including methadone
43-year-old woman with long-standing opioid and benzodiazepine dependence died from mixed drug toxicity including methadone, amitriptyline, pregabalin, duloxetine, diazepam and p…
42y · Male·mixed prescription drug toxicity (sertraline, amlodipine, lamotrigine, quetiapin…
…ide by overdose. He had severe, longstanding bipolar II disorder with chronic suicidality, complicated by alcohol/drug dependence and multiple physical comorbidities. His GP provided comprehensive care with 50 consultat…
40y · Male·multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident in which the deceased wa…
George Miller, a 40-year-old Aboriginal man with chronic alcohol dependence, was detained in protective custody at Katherine Police Station on 4 December 2000 after being…
54y · Male·mixed pentobarbitone and alcohol toxicity
A 54-year-old self-employed veterinary surgeon died from mixed pentobarbitone and alcohol toxicity. He intentionally injected himself with pentobarbitone (a veterinary euthanasia drug) while unde…
50y · Female·mixed tablet overdosage (quetiapine and venlafaxine with codeine)
…oss services, delayed specialist psychiatric referral despite clear indications, inadequate monitoring of alcohol misuse (which significantly complicated her condition), and insufficient early engagement with cognitive-…
26y · Male·Gunshot injury to the head (self-inflicted)
Mark Bailey, a 26-year-old with obsessive compulsive disorder, anxiety, alcohol dependence, and a history of violence, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was under treatment b…
36y · Female·combined effects of baclofen toxicity and blunt head injury
… baclofen toxicity and blunt head injury sustained during falls while acutely intoxicated. She had severe alcohol dependence treated with off-label baclofen prescribed by her GP. On 26 December 2015, after spending Chri…
61y · Male·hospital acquired pneumonia complicating aorto-femoral bypass surgery for periph…
A 61-year-old man with peripheral vascular disease, alcohol dependence, and heavy smoking history underwent aorto-femoral bypass surgery. Post-operatively he develop…
59y · Male·Hanging
Paul Hannan, a 59-year-old man with significant alcohol dependence and prior mental health issues including depression, died by hanging in custody at Metropolita…
55y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a fall
Patrick Tolan, a 55-year-old man with chronic depression, alcohol dependence, and multiple suicide attempts, died from injuries sustained in a fall from a shopping centre …
57y · Male·acute subdural haematoma, cause undetermined (could result from trauma, fall, se…
… died from acute subdural haematoma (brain bleeding). He was found unresponsive after an evening of heavy alcohol consumption with his housemate Lawrence Kean, who punched him during an altercation over music volume. Ke…
22y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating hanging
Christopher Ritson, a 22-year-old with severe alcohol and polysubstance dependence (ICE, cannabis), depression, anxiety and social phobia, died by suicide via …
55y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity in a woman with cardiomegaly and chronic obstructive airway …
… was a voluntary palliative care patient at a residential aged care facility with a history of opioid and alcohol dependence. After a dispute with her GP regarding opioid reduction on 6 June 2016, she left the facility …
Unknown·Multiple injuries sustained in helicopter crash
A Bell UH-1H helicopter carrying five people crashed into the ocean near Anna Bay, NSW on 6 September 2019, killing all aboard. Pilot David Kerr continued flying after last light without night flight qualifications in a …
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