63 results for “major psychotic depression”
20y · Male·Ligature Compression of the Neck (Hanging)
Steven Charles Indich, a 20-year-old Aboriginal man with schizophrenia and a long history of psychotic symptoms, violent behaviour and substance abuse, died by suicide in Smith Ward at Graylands Hospital on …
Eva Arany: gunshot wound to the neck; Jeno Arany: traumatic brain damage complic…
An elderly man with severe depression, suicidal ideation, and ongoing psychiatric risk was hospitalised twice in 2000 and discharged on antide…
45y · Male·multi-drug toxicity from ingestion of methadone and amitriptyline
Terry Riordan, 45, died from multi-drug toxicity caused by ingesting amitriptyline and methadone in April 2015. He had complex medical and psychiatric comorbidities, substance abuse issues, and was under care of his GP D…
49y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
…clinical lessons include: (1) maintaining psychiatric continuity of care is essential for prisoners with psychotic symptoms and depression, particularly regarding medication decisions; (2) when psychiatric review is del…
80y · Male·Drowning
An 80-year-old man with severe depression, suicidal ideation, and probable vascular dementia died by drowning after leaving a psychiatric ward. He…
69y · Male·asphyxia by hanging
A 69-year-old man with depression, prostate cancer, and recent suicide attempt was admitted to MAPU (general medical ward) after intensive…
49y · Male·hanging (suicide)
… from Ward B8 (psychiatric short-stay unit) at Royal Adelaide Hospital. He had been admitted with severe depression and active suicidal ideation. The coroner found his discharge was premature and inappropriate. Key issue…
27y · Male·Multiple gunshot wounds
…he weapon, and was shot after a Taser proved ineffective. He had a documented history of ICE dependence, depression, suicidal ideation, anger management issues, and recent domestic violence. Mental health services had as…
19y · Female·multiple injuries sustained in a train incident
JVM was a 19-year-old with major depressive disorder, anxiety, and possible first-episode psychosis who died by suicide after jumping in fr…
34y · Female·Multiple injuries from pedestrian motor vehicle collision; suicide by stepping i…
Jennifer Bell, a 34-year-old woman with severe postnatal depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and borderline personality disorder, died by suicide on 2 October 2007 a…
61y · Male·asphyxial death due to hanging
Paul Stephen Scott, aged 61, died by hanging while on leave from psychiatric inpatient care. He had been admitted to Spencer Clinic on 11 January 2018 with suicidal ideation and complex psychiatric presentation. Despite …
48y · Male·Hanging (partially suspended hanging using shoelaces as ligature)
… serious charges. He had paranoid schizophrenia, a long history of substance abuse, and was experiencing depression and suicidal ideation. The coroner found his mental health care was reasonable but limited by grossly in…
34y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
A 34-year-old man with longstanding psychiatric illness died by hanging four days after discharge from psychiatric hospital. He had been admitted twice in August-September 1999 with active suicidal ideation and homicidal…
Female·multiple injuries from motor vehicle collision (for all five deceased)
Charmaine McLeod died by intentionally driving her vehicle into an oncoming truck, killing herself and her four young children (aged 2-6). She had a longstanding history of complex mental health issues (Borderline Person…
2y · Female·drowning
… at her home in September 2016. Her mother was suffering from acute psychosis and had stopped taking antipsychotic medication days before the death. Critical failures occurred: the child protection service had closed th…
43y · Female·suffocation
Ms K, aged 43, was killed by her husband through suffocation on 7 March 2017 after years of coercive control, physical violence, and emotional abuse. A critical police response on 17 August 2016 when Ms K reported car va…
77y · Female·hypothermia from environmental cold exposure with contributing factors of advanc…
Mrs Janet Mackozdi, aged 77, died from hypothermia in an uninsulated shipping container at Mount Lloyd, Tasmania, on 23-24 July 2010. She had advanced Alzheimer's dementia and required 24-hour care. The coroner found her…
45y · Female·haemorrhage due to traumatic rupture of the liver
…rupture. The coroner found inadequate mental state assessment, failure to recognize suicide risk despite psychotic symptoms and recent serious self-harm, poor documentation, lack of detention despite clear indications, …
Unknown·Multiple causes: hanging (three cases); exposure in context of organic brain dam…
…n sight of town lights due to 2-day police delay; mental health services were adequate for patients with depression but community infrastructure was inadequate; chronic petrol sniffing caused irreversible organic brain d…
18y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
Rowan Wheaton, aged 18, died by hanging at supported accommodation in April 2006. He had Aspergers Syndrome diagnosed at age 4, with escalating behavioural and mental health crises from adolescence. Despite multiple emer…
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