69 results for “alcohol-induced psychosis”
51y · Male·Stab wounds to the chest
A 51-year-old man with documented mental health issues including psychosis, paranoia, and delusions died from self-inflicted stab wounds during a police siege at his mother's home…
65y · Male·Multiple fatal injuries from motor vehicle collision (Williamson and Rowe); mult…
Three men died in a head-on motor vehicle collision on the Bass Highway, Tasmania on 26 February 2020. Adam Robertson, driving a Toyota Prado eastbound, crossed the centre line and collided with Shane Williamson's westbo…
24y · Male·Gunshot wounds to the chest
Matthew Morgan, aged 24, was fatally shot by a SAPOL STAR Operations marksman on 21 October 2017 during a siege at the Tollgate Motel. The incident began when Morgan evaded police after striking Senior Constable Solowij …
37y · Male·multiple gunshot wounds
Brett Walker, 37, was shot by police on 9 July 2022 after a domestic violence incident 23 days post-release from prison. He had long-standing drug addiction and mental health issues including paranoid ideation, particula…
25y · Male·hanging
Logan Brown, a 25-year-old man on home detention bail, died by hanging. He had a complex psychiatric history including borderline personality disorder, polysubstance use disorder, and chronic suicidal ideation dating fro…
42y · Female·multiorgan failure complicating hyperthermia and metabolic acidosis following su…
A 42-year-old woman with long-standing depression, substance use issues, and multiple mental health presentations died from multi-organ failure following ingestion of caustic soda. She was found unresponsive at home on 1…
11y · Male·unascertained
An 11-year-old child with Cornelia de Lange Syndrome and severe congenital heart disease died alone at home while his mother was intoxicated and unwell. He had complex care needs and was non-verbal. The Department of Com…
34y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
A 34-year-old man with longstanding psychiatric illness died by hanging four days after discharge from psychiatric hospital. He had been admitted twice in August-September 1999 with active suicidal ideation and homicidal…
28y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (driver)
Jesse Sangster, 28, died from injuries sustained in a high-speed motor vehicle collision while intoxicated. He had a 12-year history of bipolar affective disorder with comorbid substance abuse disorder, personality disor…
19y · Male·Stab wounds to the neck and chest
Taylor Oliver, a 19-year-old with schizophrenia and substance use disorder, died by self-inflicted stab wounds on 1 December 2019. He had been admitted to mental health inpatient care on 18 November 2019 following overdo…
Male·Ashton Michael Sunfly: ligature compression of the neck (hanging); Mitchell Nana…
This coronial inquiry examined five deaths in Balgo Aboriginal Community over a 24-month period: four suicides by hanging and one death from volatile substance abuse. The suicide rate in Balgo was more than 100 times the…
41y · Male·complications in association with effects of fire, with terminal palliative care
…was discharged from Graylands Hospital on 29 October 2021 following a 12-day admission for management of psychosis and recent suicidal behaviour (drain cleaner ingestion). Key deficiencies included: failure of dischargi…
36y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (suicide by hanging)
A 36-year-old Aboriginal man with cluster B personality disorder, substance abuse, and chronic self-harm risk died by ligature suicide in prison 2 hours after admission. He pleaded guilty to arson charges and was remande…
Unknown·Ruby: ligature compression of neck (hanging); Carly: ligature compression of nec…
Five young adults died by suicide within 12 months (March 2011 to March 2012), all connected to Alma Street Centre mental health services at Fremantle Hospital. Four were discharged (Ruby Nicholls-Diver, Carly Elliott, M…
21y · Male·combined effect of a cocktail of drugs causing central nervous system depression…
Paul Fennessy, a 21-year-old with polysubstance addiction and mental health issues, died from positional asphyxia following a drug overdose on 6 January 2010. He presented to the Emergency Department that afternoon after…
53y · Male·multiple large incised defects to the head and single stab wound to the chest
Mr X, aged 53, was killed by his son Mr A who was subject to a Community Treatment Order (CTO) supervised by Peninsula Health Mental Health Services. Mr A had a complex history of mental illness (schizophreniform paranoi…
21y · Male·combined effect of a cocktail of drugs taken by him, which caused central nervou…
Paul Fennessy, 21 years old, died from a cocktail of drugs causing central nervous system and respiratory depression with positional asphyxia on 6 January 2010. He had a decade-long history of polysubstance abuse, doctor…
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…
35y · Male·Fentanyl toxicity
David Veech, aged 35, died of accidental Fentanyl toxicity while residing at Tarlo Intensive Residential Support Service. He extracted Fentanyl from prescribed transdermal patches and injected it intravenously. Despite b…
gunshot wounds; multiple deaths during police interventions with mentally ill in…
Between October 2003 and February 2006, Queensland police shot and killed four young men suffering from severe mental illness during crisis situations. In all four cases, the shootings were legally justified as the offic…
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