214 results for “major depressive disorder”
16y · Male·asphyxia due to hanging, self-inflicted, with aspiration of gastric contents as …
Sean MacWilliam, 16 years old, died by asphyxia due to hanging on 24 March 2011. He had been admitted involuntarily to an adult mental health facility (Chisholm Ross Centre) following a mental health crisis on 15 March 2…
76y · Male·contact range gunshot wound to the head, self-inflicted
…entified ischemic heart disease; he refused angiography and was discharged. Post-discharge, he developed depressive symptoms, became reclusive, and developed health anxieties including unfounded beliefs about bowel cance…
23y · Female·drowning and citalopram overdose
23-year-old woman with major depressive disorder presented to multiple healthcare providers on 17 March 2004 with suicidal ideation. Sh…
50y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
A 50-year-old RAAF Flight Sergeant with Major Depressive Disorder and anxiety died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head after police responde…
59y · Male·hanging
A 59-year-old man with major depression and psychotic features was lawfully detained under an inpatient treatment order at Noarlunga Ho…
56y · Female·acute pentobarbitone toxicity
56-year-old woman died from acute pentobarbitone toxicity in her Sydney apartment on 27-28 May 2016. She had a long history of mental health issues, depression, substance use, and prior self-harm. She had recently obtain…
18y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to hanging
An 18-year-old woman with major depressive disorder and PTSD was admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit after expressing suicidal ideati…
24y · Female·Pentobarbitone toxicity
…ssarego died from pentobarbitone toxicity following intentional ingestion. She had borderline personality disorder and depression with a history of self-harm and suicidality. On 12 August 2014, she presented with increas…
Unknown·Multiple injuries sustained in helicopter crash
A Bell UH-1H helicopter carrying five people crashed into the ocean near Anna Bay, NSW on 6 September 2019, killing all aboard. Pilot David Kerr continued flying after last light without night flight qualifications in a …
39y · Female·neck compression due to hanging
A 39-year-old woman with bipolar disorder, depression, substance abuse (alcohol and cannabis), and multiple past suicide attempts died by hanging a…
15y · Female·Hanging
A 15-year-old girl with major depressive disorder and bulimia nervosa died by suicide in June 2019. She had received treatment from a pr…
71y · Male·hypoxic brain injury due to hanging
A 71-year-old farmer with a 10-year history of major depressive disorder with melancholic features died by hanging on 22 July 2005, three days after admission …
45y · Female·Compression of the neck in circumstances of hanging
…es simultaneously in an organisationally toxic workplace. Within weeks she became severely distressed with major depressive disorder and insomnia. Despite clear evidence of acute distress on 15 March 2018 (a breakdown a…
59y · Male·compression of the neck secondary to hanging
A 59-year-old man with treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation died by hanging while on weekend leave from psychiatric care. He had been hospitalised four times in 2021 and was receiving electrocon…
36y · Male·hanging, with contributing factors of alcohol dependence and depression
Ross Johns, aged 36, died by hanging on 14-15 June 2021 after a long history of bipolar disorder, major depression, and alcohol dependence. He was discharged from Northside Mental Health Unit on 9 June …
46y · Male·Consistent with exhaust fumes toxicity (suicide by carbon monoxide)
…6-year-old teacher, Gavin Lyle Woods, died by suicide after prolonged workplace stress and an undertreated major depressive disorder. He had been a deputy principal at Burpengary State School for only five months. Clini…
23y · Female·Injuries sustained in a fall from a height
…partment after consuming alcohol and MDMA at Crown Casino. She had a complex psychiatric history including major depression, anxiety, PTSD, and substance abuse, with multiple prior suicide attempts. She was discharged f…
41y · Female·Hanging
Patricia Webster, a 41-year-old with a history of major depressive disorder, was admitted to hospital on 8 October 2009 after stopping antidepressants. She was di…
Female·unascertained
Two Indigenous women from the Pilbara disappeared in late 1998 without trace: Veronica Lockyer (33 years old) and her infant daughter Adell Partridge (7 months old). Veronica was last seen at a Centrelink office in South…
3y · Male·smothering
A 3-year-old boy died from smothering by his mother, who was suffering from severe bipolar affective disorder with psychotic features and severe depression. The coroner examined whether psychiatric care was inadequa…
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