148 results for “bipolar affective disorder”
78y · Female·Complications arising from a left femur fracture following an unwitnessed fall i…
Doreen Mansfield, a 78-year-old woman with bipolar affective disorder managed with lithium and ECT, was admitted to the Royal Hobart Hospital under a Mental…
41y · Female·Neck compression and hanging
…omson, a 41-year-old woman with complex medical and mental health conditions including cervical dystonia, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, chronic pain, and alcohol use disorder, died by suicide on 4 N…
34y · Female·Multiple injuries due to impact with a train
Sarah Simpson, a 34-year-old woman with bipolar affective disorder, died by suicide after exiting a locked psychiatric unit. She was admitted involuntari…
31y · Male·Head and chest injury
Gyan Murray Jeffery, age 31, died from head and chest injuries sustained when struck by two motor vehicles on the South Western Highway at Argyle, Western Australia, on 30 September 2011. He had a longstanding history of…
41y · Male·asphyxia due to neck compression following ligature suspension (hanging)
DR was a 41-year-old man with bipolar disorder, severe alcohol dependence, and multiple psychosocial stressors including family violence, homel…
66y · Male·Complications of chronic lithium therapy
Sydney Kennedy, a 66-year-old man with intellectual disability and bipolar affective disorder, died from complications of chronic lithium therapy. He had been on lithium for years …
47y · Male·abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia) induced by atherosclerosis, occurring in the …
Peter Shishko, a 47-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder, died in a mental health facility while in involuntary detention. He suffered a fatal …
40y · Male·Asphyxia caused by a seizure resulting from severe alcohol intoxication. Underly…
Paul Meech, a 40-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder, died of asphyxia caused by a seizure from severe alcohol intoxication while in police…
40y · Male·Unascertained; likely cardiac arrhythmia secondary to cardiomegaly and morbid ob…
…hiatric intensive care unit at Queen Elizabeth Hospital on 2 February 2013 of unascertained cause. He had bipolar affective disorder, was on antipsychotic therapy, and presented with acute psychosis. Autopsy revealed mo…
36y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained from intentional jump from cliff top
Alexander Albert Steinbrenner, a 36-year-old man with schizo-affective disorder, died from multiple injuries sustained when he jumped from an 11-metre cliff at the Roundhouse …
31y · Female·Plastic bag asphyxia
31-year-old Veronika Kouros, a voluntary inpatient at Northern Psychiatry Unit with bipolar affective disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and depression, died by plastic bag asphyxia on 19 Mar…
73y · Female·pulmonary embolus
Mary Collis, a 73-year-old woman with bipolar disorder and type 2 diabetes, died from pulmonary embolus whilst an inpatient at Launceston General Hospi…
48y · Male·Injuries sustained when struck by a train
A 48-year-old man with mental health issues including depression and possible bipolar disorder died by suicide following train strike. He had a complex presentation with diagnostic uncertaint…
76y · Male·exsanguination secondary to pulmonary aortic fistula and thoracic aorta aneurysm…
Allan Phipps was a 76-year-old man with a known thoracic aortic aneurysm and severe depression admitted to Austin Hospital in October 2012 for unstable angina and depression management. His aneurysm, discovered in March …
45y · Female·Hanging
A 45-year-old woman with bipolar affective disorder, borderline personality disorder, anorexia nervosa and depression died by hanging. She…
60y · Female·Focal pneumonia in a woman with emphysema and ischaemic heart disease
A 60-year-old woman with long-standing schizophrenia/bipolar disorder, emphysema, and ischaemic heart disease died of focal pneumonia at Graylands Hospital. She had b…
42y · Male·mixed prescription drug toxicity (sertraline, amlodipine, lamotrigine, quetiapin…
…y (sertraline, amlodipine, lamotrigine, quetiapine) in a suicide by overdose. He had severe, longstanding bipolar II disorder with chronic suicidality, complicated by alcohol/drug dependence and multiple physical comorb…
35y · Female·multiple injuries sustained in fall from sixth-floor balcony
FJ, an Iranian woman with bipolar affective disorder and schizophrenia, died by suicide at age 35 in November 2016. Key clinical lessons in…
56y · Male·drowning
Glenn Thomas Wood, aged 56, drowned whilst fishing alone at night from a pontoon in winter conditions. He had a blood alcohol level of 0.188g/100mL, was not wearing a personal flotation device, and could not swim. He fel…
70y · Female·pneumonia and post-surgical course following repair of neck of femur fracture, i…
…e, a 70-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities including COPD, ischaemic heart disease, diabetes, and bipolar disorder, was a resident in an aged care facility under a Mental Health Act Treatment Order. She sustaine…
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