139 results for “paranoid_schizophrenia”
44y · Female·Heroin toxicity
Sandra Michelle Liddy, aged 44, died from heroin toxicity while on unescorted day leave from an involuntary mental health admission. She had a 25-year psychiatric history with paranoid schizophrenia and polysubstance use…
84y · Male·dilated cardiomyopathy with cardiomegaly due to pulmonary hypertension and valvu…
An 84-year-old man with advanced cardiac disease (dilated cardiomyopathy, pulmonary hypertension, atrial septal defect) and chronic schizophrenia died of natural causes while subject to a Mental Health Act detention orde…
59y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to acute upper airway obstruction
Glenda Rae Field, aged 59, died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to acute upper airway obstruction by food bolus while eating dinner at her aged care facility. She was a resident at Clearview Manor, a locked car…
34y · Male·Unascertained; likely fatal cardiac arrhythmia secondary to electrolyte disturba…
Robert William Keith, aged 34, was found deceased in his caravan on 28 June 2010. He had a long-standing history of paranoid schizophrenia managed with risperidone injections and oral medications under a Community Treatm…
40y · Male·aspiration pneumonitis with acute alcoholic hepatitis, pancreatitis, mixed drug …
Trent Ian Johnston, a 40-year-old man with a history of chronic paranoid schizophrenia, alcohol and substance abuse, died from aspiration pneumonitis complicated by mixed drug toxicity (codeine, morphine, diazepam, parac…
34y · Male·Long drop hanging resulting in complete decapitation
Jason Jenkins, aged 34, died by suicide (long drop hanging resulting in complete decapitation) on 17 June 2006, approximately 6 weeks after discharge from psychiatric admission on a Community Treatment Order. He had a 15…
59y · Male·asphyxia due to choking on food
Alexander Pasinski, age 59, died from asphyxia due to choking while an involuntary psychiatric patient in Launceston General Hospital's Northside unit. He had major depression and paranoid schizophrenia with complex psyc…
25y · Female·Stab wounds to the chest and abdomen
Rebecca Lazarus, a 25-year-old woman with intellectual disability, was fatally stabbed by her partner Travis Cooke who had chronic treatment-resistant paranoid schizophrenia, was on a Community Treatment Order, and had a…
48y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest in a patient with sigmoid colon vo…
Daniel Allan Sullivan, a 48-year-old man with chronic paranoid schizophrenia who had been an involuntary patient at Graylands Hospital for 23 years, presented to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital on 13 June 2004 with abdomin…
59y · Male·ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis; acute myocardial infarc…
A 59-year-old man with ischaemic heart disease, paranoid schizophrenia, unstable type 2 diabetes, peripheral vascular disease and chronic renal failure died of acute myocardial infarction while residing in aged care. He …
36y · Male·hanging
A 36-year-old man with 15-year history of paranoid schizophrenia and polysubstance abuse presented to hospital after violent behaviour toward his father while intoxicated. Despite police concerns, family requests for adm…
48y · Male·metastatic high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma, treated palliatively
Lindsay Woods, a 48-year-old Aboriginal man with chronic paranoid schizophrenia, organic psychosis, and ischaemic heart disease, died from metastatic high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma. He was subject to a custody order…
63y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
Dragan Jacovic, a 63-year-old life prisoner with extensive comorbidities including severe ischaemic heart disease, type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and chronic paranoid schizophrenia, was admitted to hospital on …
41y · Male·unknown
Dean Anthony Pollard was a 41-year-old man with a long history of schizophrenia and amphetamine-induced psychotic disorder who disappeared in May-June 2010 and is presumed dead. He had multiple psychiatric admissions bet…
34y · Female·not able to be determined - body not found
Sana Salman, a 34-year-old woman with bipolar disorder and schizoaffective disorder, went missing on 1 September 2022 after being discharged from Northern Beaches Hospital on 22 August 2022. She had been admitted for a p…
38y · Male·Exsanguination due to penetration of arm veins
Declan Brennan, a 38-year-old sentenced prisoner at Acacia Prison due for release on 30 April 2008, died by suicide on 27 April 2008 from exsanguination due to penetrating wounds to his arm veins. Brennan had a long-stan…
48y · Female·Head injury
Frances May Cooper, a 48-year-old woman with chronic paranoid schizophrenia, died from head injuries after being struck by a train on 30 October 2011 while on unescorted leave from the mental health unit at Kalgoorlie Re…
Unknown·Injuries sustained in violent attack by Antony Waterlow (stab wounds caused by k…
Nicholas Waterlow and his daughter Chloe Heuston were fatally attacked by Antony Waterlow, Nicholas's son and Chloe's brother, in November 2009. Antony suffered from untreated paranoid schizophrenia, characterized by per…
38y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
Ricky James Bais, a 38-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia and undiagnosed 75% left anterior descending coronary artery narrowing, died during police restraint. He had absconded from mental health detention at Noarl…
35y · Male·Unknown
Dennis Brooks, 35, a man with paranoid schizophrenia, disappeared from his Katoomba home on 2 May 2016 after exhibiting signs of psychotic relapse. Although his sister reported him missing on 4 May, a coordinated land se…
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