99 results for “assessment order under mental health act”
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…
52y · Female·Plastic bag asphyxia and asphyxia in the setting of an irrespirable environment
Diane Bell, a 53-year-old woman with delusional disorder and chronic suicidal ideation, died by argon gas inhalation in June 2017. She had been under care of North…
39y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
A 39-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder and substance abuse died by suicide following arrest for criminal damage. While treated under a Community …
38y · Male·Exsanguination due to penetration of arm veins
…the months before death, he became non-compliant with psychiatric medication despite treatment from prison health services. Although reviewed by a mental health nurse specialist on 24 April 2008 who noted fleeting suicid…
52y · Male·Multiple blunt force injuries from a fall from height
A 52-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia subject to a Community Treatment Order died from injuries sustained after jumping from a third-floor balcony during enforcement of the order. Men…
43y · Male·Hanging
Mathew James Luttrell, a 43-year-old Aboriginal man with borderline personality disorder, chronic suicidal ideation and substance abuse, was admitted to Mildura Base Hosp…
78y · Male·large left basal ganglia intracerebral haemorrhage with mass effect
…iernan, 78, died from a large left basal ganglia intracerebral haemorrhage with mass effect while admitted under an Inpatient Treatment Order (ITO) for acute hyperactive delirium. He had stage 4 lung cancer with extensi…
39y · Female·Septic shock and nosocomial pneumonia secondary to pentobarbital (Nembutal) over…
… nosocomial pneumonia. She had been an inpatient at the Mother and Baby Unit (MBU) with involuntary status under the Mental Health Act 1996, then transitioned to voluntary status following a Mental Health Review Board (…
58y · Male·coronary artery arteriosclerosis (natural causes)
Philip Sulley, 58, died of coronary artery arteriosclerosis on 27 April 2020 at Bentley Mental Health Unit. He presented to Royal Perth Hospital emergency department on 19 April 2020 with psychotic beh…
48y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease complicating restraint of an acutely agitated male
Daniel Richards, 48, died from ischaemic heart disease precipitated by restraint during a mental health assessment at home. He had underlying significant coronary artery disease with left ventricular hyp…
38y · Female·multiple stab injuries to the chest and abdomen
…tner, Bradley Carolus, in May 2010. Three days before the homicide, Carolus had been apprehended by police under mental health legislation following a volatile episode triggered by an adverse family court decision. Duri…
95y · Male·multi-organ failure due to sepsis and general inanition on a background of advan…
…neral inanition on a background of advanced vascular dementia and ischaemic heart disease. He was admitted under a Level 2 Inpatient Treatment Order following behavioural disturbances related to post-herpetic neuralgia …
51y · Male·complications of opiate toxicity; cardiac and respiratory arrest following drug …
Ziad Hamawy, a 51-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia and polysubstance use disorder, died from opiate toxicity after cardiac arrest following his discharge from Concord Hospital's mental hea…
87y · Female·Sepsis
…ia, heart failure, and cerebrovascular disease died of sepsis on an aged psychiatry unit. She was admitted under mental health legislation following behavioural deterioration. On 11 March, she was diagnosed with urinary…
42y · Male·hanging, an action taken by himself with the intention of ending his life
…facility to an isolated rural island where his partner and children had left. He had poor insight into his mental illness, denied suicidal ideation throughout admission, and had low suicide risk scores. He died by suicid…
28y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a fall from height
Ruby-Lee Gold, a 28-year-old with schizoaffective disorder and polysubstance abuse, died from multiple injuries sustained falling from an overpass after absconding f…
59y · Female·head injury
…e. Ngor had a documented first psychotic episode in February 2012, subsequently engaging with Orygen Youth Health under a Community Corrections Order. Critical clinical lessons include: (1) the importance of structured d…
17y · Male·Hanging
A 17-year-old male with a history of mental health concerns, prior suicide pact attempt, and escalating aggressive behaviour died by hanging shortly 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…
71y · Male·Combined effects of ischaemic and valvular heart disease
A 71-year-old man with chronic paranoid schizophrenia was detained under the Mental Health Act after community mental health workers observed physical signs of heart failure (dysp…
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