304 results for “chronic suicide risk”
52y · Male·Drowning in Falcon Bay
Brian Anthony Duffy, a 52-year-old man with multiple serious chronic conditions including osteoarthritis, diabetes, liver dysfunction from alcohol abuse, and peripheral vascu…
53y · Male·Cervical spine distraction and hanging
A 53-year-old man with chronic treatment-resistant depression and chronic suicidality was admitted to Northern Hospital following a seri…
33y · Unknown·neck compression secondary to hanging
…D, died by hanging while remanded in custody at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre on 2 September 2023. They had a chronic high risk of suicide with multiple prior attempts. At the time of death, they were on a S4 suicide risk r…
26y · Female·multiple blunt force injuries from fall from height; significant contributing co…
A 26-year-old woman with severe borderline personality disorder died by suicide following a fall from cliffs. She presented to hospital after a serious suicide attempt earlier the same …
55y · Female·Plastic bag suffocation
…sical disability and depression since suffering a subarachnoid haemorrhage in 1995. She had made multiple suicide attempts over 16 years. The central clinical issue was the systemic failure to secure appropriate high-ca…
54y · Male·asphyxia due to hanging
…ntal health issues, substance use disorder, and terminal lung cancer died by hanging. He had a history of suicide attempts and was receiving palliative care. In his final months, he made escalating requests for pain med…
36y · Male·Unknown - advanced decomposition precluded determination
…ents, a 36-year-old man with longstanding mental illness, depression, substance use disorder and multiple suicide attempts, was found dead at his home between 19 August and 14 October 2014. His body was in advanced deco…
63y · Male·Incised injuries to the neck and upper limbs
Gwyn Pugh, a 63-year-old man with longstanding bipolar affective disorder, died by suicide on 26 October 2022. He had been hospitalized for depression in April-May 2022 and received electroconvuls…
52y · Male·hanging
… Clinical lessons include the challenges of assessing mental state remotely and the difficulty predicting suicide risk in patients with chronic psychotic illness, even when recently compliant with treatment.
43y · Male·bronchopneumonia and brain swelling following ligature compression of the neck (…
…ia and brain swelling following ligature asphyxiation by hanging. He had antisocial personality disorder, chronic suicidality, and three recent suicide attempts by overdose before incarceration. Although initially place…
59y · Female·Multiple drug toxicity (propoxyphene, citalopram, oxazepam and others)
…nd others) in March 2014. She had suffered a severe stroke in 2006 with resultant significant disability, chronic pain, and subsequent depression with suicidal ideation. Despite psychiatric involvement and GP care, she …
68y · Female·mixed prescription drug toxicity (oxycodone, metoprolol, diazepam)
…old woman with multiple comorbidities including obesity (BMI 47.3), atrial fibrillation, COPD, and severe chronic pain, died from mixed prescription drug toxicity (oxycodone, metoprolol, diazepam) following suicide. She…
46y · Female·mixed drug toxicity
46-year-old woman with bipolar disorder and chronic suicidal ideation died from mixed drug toxicity involving clozapine (prescribed to her roommate), olanzap…
44y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Geoffrey Stephen Ward, a 44-year-old involuntary psychiatric patient at Graylands Hospital with chronic paranoid schizophrenia, died by hanging on 20 February 2000. He had been progressing well on antipsychoti…
42y · Male·unascertained
… a 42-year-old Aboriginal man with long-standing mental health problems, alcohol and drug dependency, and chronic suicidality, disappeared in November 2006 and is presumed deceased. In the month before disappearance, he…
58y · Male·Amitriptyline toxicity
Lloyd Felman, a 58-year-old man with chronic pain, depression, and alcohol use, died from amitriptyline toxicity in July 2008. In the three weeks prio…
75y · Male·Hanging
Peter Nolan, a 75-year-old man with depression, chronic pain, alcohol dependence, and recent suicide attempts, died by hanging in an aged psychiatric mental heal…
20y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
…eation, died by hanging in his cell at Casuarina Prison on 2 September 2004. He had been identified as at chronic risk of self-harm and was receiving mental health support. Critical failures in his care included: (1) re…
30y · Male·hanging
…rison on 13 January 2005. He had a complex psychiatric history including borderline personality disorder, chronic depression, polysubstance abuse, and multiple episodes of self-harm. Despite appropriate psychiatric asse…
69y · Male·Partial contact range gunshot wound of the head
David Lester Townsend, a 69-year-old man with bipolar disorder and chronic suicidal ideation, died by gunshot wound to the head on 25 September 2017. He had been receiving psychiat…
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