157 results for “chronic psychosis”
18y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
… ligature compression of the neck (hanging) on 4 April 2003. He had a history of self-harm, drug-induced psychosis, violent offences against his de facto partner, and was deeply concerned about lack of visits from his c…
36y · Female·Stab wound to the right chest
…uly 2018 in Cranbourne North, Victoria. Eckersley was prescribed high-dose tramadol (700-800mg daily) for chronic pain over 22 months by his GP without documented substance abuse assessment, despite documented history o…
31y · Female·plastic bag asphyxia
Kirstan McRae-Jansen, a 31-year-old woman with chronic schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, and substance abuse, died by plastic bag asphyxia using a…
31y · Male·Subarachnoid haemorrhage due to or as a consequence of a ruptured large fusiform…
A 31-year-old man with long-standing intravenous drug use and hepatitis C died in prison custody from a ruptured mycotic aneurysm causing subarachnoid hemorrhage. He collapsed in his cell after lock-down without prior wa…
28y · Male·hanging
…nce abuse died by hanging while detained under the Mental Health Act in a closed psychiatric ward. He had chronic auditory hallucinations commanding self-harm and had made previous suicide attempts. Despite being assign…
24y · Male·inhaled solvent toxicity (from petrol sniffing)
Edward James Laurie, a 24-year-old man with chronic petrol sniffing addiction since age 10 and underlying mental health issues including psychosis, died from…
30y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury due to mixed drug toxicity (vecuronium and atropine self-in…
Candice Mackenzie Wallace-Mohlmann, a 30-year-old woman with chronic schizophrenia and substance abuse history, died from hypoxic brain injury caused by self-injection of vec…
35y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head (self-inflicted)
…5, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound during a police siege. He had a history of substance-induced psychosis from ice use, with multiple psychiatric admissions in 2015-2016. Following discharge, he declined mental…
22y · Male·aspiration pneumonia complicating resuscitation for cardiac arrest due to neck c…
A 22-year-old male with acute psychosis was admitted to a mental health ward under a Level 1 treatment order. Despite half-hourly observations, …
49y · Male·combined drug toxicity
Karl Turner, a 49-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder and chronic polysubstance use, died from combined drug toxicity (heroin, morphine, pregabalin, methylamphetamine, and…
72y · Male·Cranial fracture and intracranial haemorrhage from self-inflicted fall
… incident could not have been reasonably prevented. The case highlights the challenges of managing acute psychosis with severe agitation and self-harm risk in involuntary patients, and the importance of continued close …
89y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia complicating electroconvulsive therapy for treatment of psy…
Hilda Berg, 89-year-old woman with depression, psychosis, atrial fibrillation, chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes, deteriorated in hospital with refusal …
72y · Male·The available evidence does not allow for any finding to be made as to the cause…
Bruce Robinson, a 72-year-old man with a history of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, schizophrenia, psychosis, and dementia, died on 27 October 2022 after jumping from a ferry into Sydney Harbour. He had been non-c…
60y · Male·sepsis/leg cellulitis with peripheral oedema and congestive cardiac failure in t…
Andrew Leader, a 60-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, emphysema, COPD, chronic hyponatraemia, and heart failure, died of sepsis from leg cellulitis with peripheral oedema and congestiv…
50y · Male·bronchitis (pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009) in a man with chronic obstructive pu…
Kevin Maxwell Collins, a 50-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and morbid obesity, died from bronchitis due to pan…
41y · Male·Shotgun wound to the left side of the chest with laceration of the heart and hae…
Geoffrey Douglas Nicholls, aged 41, was shot by police during an armed incident at Oodnadatta, South Australia. He had a history of mental illness including depression with suicidal ideation, Bartter's syndrome (causing …
25y · Male·unable to determine
Tyrone Frederick MacQueen disappeared on 1 July 1994 at age 25. He had chronic schizophrenia with poor medication compliance, recent psychiatric hospitalization, expressed suicidal ide…
46y · Female·Ms Glendinning: multiple sharp force injuries (suicide); Jane Cuzens: multiple i…
This tragic case involved a mother with severe untreated psychosis who killed her two daughters and then herself. Ms Glendinning had a longstanding history of paranoid del…
46y · Female·Ms Glendinning: multiple sharp force injuries (suicide); Jane Lesley Margaret Cu…
Heather Glendinning, severely mentally ill with chronic paranoid delusions exacerbated by cannabis abuse and stress from family court proceedings, killed her dau…
20y · Male·pulmonary oedema due to acute on chronic heart failure resulting from dothiepin …
A 20-year-old man died from pulmonary oedema due to acute-on-chronic heart failure resulting from dothiepin overdose. He had complex mental health and substance use issues da…
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