93 results for “personality disorder traits”
48y · Female·Combined drug toxicity involving oxycodone, benzodiazepines (diazepam, nordiazep…
A 48-year-old woman with epilepsy, depression, anxiety and documented drug dependence died from combined toxicity of oxycodone, benzodiazepines, amitriptyline and other drugs. Over 12 months pre-death, she obtained medic…
39y · Male·septicaemia following self-administered intravenous injection of faeces
A 39-year-old Aboriginal man with schizophrenia, personality disorder, and substance dependence died from septicaemia after self-injecting faeces into his vein whil…
70y · Female·Gunshot wounds to the head and chest
Marilyn June Burdon, aged 70, was fatally shot by her intimate partner Charles Bisucci on 21 August 2017 in Kew, Victoria. Bisucci subsequently took his own life. Critical systemic failures enabled this preventable intim…
51y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
A 51-year-old man on remand in prison died by hanging in his cell. He had a psychiatric history including depression and a family history of suicide, but showed no signs of self-harm risk during nine months of incarcerat…
38y · Female·neck compression (hanging)
RR, a 38-year-old woman with complex mental health history including PTSD, substance use disorder, and borderline personality traits, was admitted to Bloomfield Hospital on 12 April 2015 following an ove…
68y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a fall
68-year-old woman with bipolar affective disorder and history of suicide attempts died by jumping from a car park rooftop on 14 April 2015. She had been di…
31y · Male·asphyxia due to self-inflicted hanging
…r 2019, over two years after discharge from the Royal Australian Navy. He suffered from Bipolar Affective Disorder (BPAD), a genetic condition not causally related to his naval service, though initially misdiagnosed whil…
34y · Female·multiple blunt force injuries
… the Blue Mountains hours after discharge from mental health inpatient care. She had complex borderline personality disorder with chronic suicidality across 20+ hospital admissions over several years. Critical clinical …
39y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
A 39-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder and substance abuse died by suicide following arrest for criminal damage. While treated under a Community…
48y · Male·hanging, intentionally self-inflicted
SS, a 48-year-old male with treatment-resistant depression and chronic suicidal ideation, died by hanging in Boronia Park, NSW in June 2014. He was admitted to Gosford Hospital Mental Health Unit in late May 2014 as an i…
75y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
Luciano T, a 75-year-old man with complex medical and psychiatric history including chronic pain, depression, and delusional jealousy syndrome, shot his wife in the face and then fatally shot himself. He had been under p…
45y · Male·unascertained
Paul Clifford York, 45, disappeared from Petrudor Rocks National Park on 10 November 2011 and is presumed dead. He had a long history of depression, suicidal ideation, and previous suicide attempts by hanging and overdos…
36y · Female·plastic bag asphyxia
A 36-year-old woman with longstanding severe mental illness, including recurrent suicidal ideation and self-harm, died in custody at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre from plastic bag asphyxia on 29 August 2020. She was housed i…
47y · Female·Multiple injuries from being struck by a train
A 47-year-old woman with major depressive disorder and anxiety died by suicide while an involuntary psychiatric inpatient. She had attempted suicide in Nove…
23y · Male·Plastic bag asphyxia in setting of irrespirable atmosphere induced by nitrogen g…
… with a complex history of mental illness including depression, anxiety, ADHD, and likely autism spectrum disorder, died by nitrogen gas inhalation in September 2024. He had multiple prior suicide attempts and was under …
23y · Male·multidrug overdose including tramadol and methadone
Shannon Lees, a 23-year-old with schizoaffective disorder and polysubstance abuse, absconded from a mental health rehabilitation unit and died from multidrug overd…
23y · Male·combined drug toxicity (oxymorphone, benzodiazepines, codeine, and morphine) in …
…odeine, and morphine) in the setting of sarcoidosis. He had a long history of substance abuse and anxiety disorder, treated with benzodiazepines and antidepressants by multiple clinicians. Despite psychiatric and addicti…
29y · Female·asphyxiation due to ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Wendy Anne Eadie, 29, died by suicide in Graylands Hospital's Frankland Centre on 1 November 1998 while detained following charges of unlawful wounding against her parents. She had a longstanding history of depression, c…
34y · Female·Head injuries from blunt force trauma (multiple blows from axe); abdominal injur…
A 34-year-old pregnant woman died from severe head and abdominal injuries inflicted by her estranged partner in a domestic violence homicide. The death followed escalating domestic and family violence (DFV) including phy…
59y · Male·Unascertained
Jonathan Townsend, a 59-year-old Navy veteran with PTSD, alcohol use disorder, and multiple psychiatric comorbidities, died at home on 5 November 2021. The cause of death was unascert…
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