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70 results for possible personality disorder

VICcommunity2025-09-05

Finding into death of Lisa Nicole Murphy

52y · Female·unascertained - likely combination of underlying natural disease (myocardial inf…

Lisa Murphy, a 52-year-old woman with mental illness and substance use history, died following a physical altercation at a convenience store. She became involved in a verbal and physical confrontation with two women afte…

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WAhospital2016-02-05

Inquest into the Death of Pauline Margaret DODD

51y · Female·Ischaemic heart disease

…Hospital on 4 March 2014. She was an involuntary psychiatric patient with long-standing bipolar affective disorder, complicated by childhood rheumatic fever causing cardiac valve damage requiring prosthetic replacement. …

psychiatrycardiologydiagnosticolanzapine
VICmental health2015-10-30

Finding into death of Jarrod Wade Christie

23y · Male·injuries sustained when struck by train

Jarrod Christie, 23, a voluntary then involuntary psychiatric inpatient at Maroondah Hospital, absconded from the high-dependency unit on 22 December 2012 and died by suicide. Clinical lessons include: (1) GPs should ful…

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VIChome2025-03-14

Finding into death of Jonathan Mark Townsend

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…

trauma surgerypsychiatrycommunicationsystemdiazepam
ACT1997

Inquest Into The Circumstances Surrounding The Death Of Shannon Robert Camden

21y · Male·Suffocation from hanging

Shannon Robert Camden, a 21-year-old with longstanding mental health difficulties and previous suicide attempts, died by hanging in cell A1 of the Belconnen Remand Centre on 15 April 1996 while on remand awaiting trial f…

psychiatrypsychologyproceduralsystem
WA2020-11-28

Inquest into the Death of Wayne Thomas LARDER

42y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)

Wayne Larder, a 42-year-old man with depression, suicidal ideation, and substance use disorder, died by hanging in Hakea Prison on 22 February 2021. Critical failures in suicide risk management includ…

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NSW2022-12-06

Inquest into the death of Jason RADFORD

48y · Male·Fatal cardiac arrhythmia which was the result of obstructive sleep apnoea

Jason Radford, a 48-year-old First Nations man, died of fatal cardiac arrhythmia secondary to obstructive sleep apnoea while in custody at Junee Correctional Centre. He had multiple comorbidities including obesity, type …

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QLDhospital2017-09-07

Mr R - Non-inquest findings

63y · Male·Multiple injuries due to fall from height

…xpert review, but highlighted that suicide after DBS is multifactorial, involving device effects, pain, personality factors, and psychosocial stressors.

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VIChome2025-09-11

Finding into death of ZSQ

26y · Female·Multiple stab wounds

ZSQ, a 26-year-old woman, was fatally stabbed by her intimate partner MJD in April 2020 after a relationship marked by escalating family violence. Critical clinical and systemic lessons include: (1) Recognition of intima…

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WA2019-05-02

Inquest into the Death of Fazel CHEGENI NEJAD

34y · Male·ligature compression of the neck

Fazel Chegeni Nejad, a 34-year-old Iranian asylum seeker, died from ligature compression of the neck in the jungle near Christmas Island immigration detention centre on 8 November 2015. He had spent 1,477 days in detenti…

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VIC2026-03-30

Finding into death of Hari Prasad Dhakal

57y · Male·Neck compression and hanging

A 57-year-old man with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder died by hanging in prison on 4 August 2024. He had been receiving antipsychotic treatment via injection (…

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VICcommunity2021-06-28

Finding into death of Sestilio Malaspina

74; 30y · Male; male·Sestilio Malaspina: stab wound to the chest. Hassan Khalif Shire Ali: gunshot wo…

On 9 November 2018, Hassan Khalif Shire Ali committed a premeditated ISIS-inspired terrorist attack in Bourke Street, Melbourne, using an improvised explosive device in his vehicle followed by a knife assault. He fatally…

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WAhospital2012-08-31

Inquest into the Death of Stone

62y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained from jumping from rocks at Torndirrup National Park …

Pamela Stone, a 62-year-old woman with a complex history of trauma, depression and relationship difficulties, presented to Albany Regional Hospital ED on 26 March 2009 after a violent altercation at home, having been sed…

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WAhome2021-11-29

Inquest into the Death of Ly Minh TONG

38y · Male·Multiple gunshot wounds

A 38-year-old man with a history of methamphetamine use and mental health issues, subject to a violence restraining order, assaulted his father at home. The father reported to police that his son was armed with a knife, …

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WAhome2021-03-25

Inquest into the Death of FJ (Name Subject to Suppression Order)

35y · Female·multiple injuries sustained in fall from sixth-floor balcony

FJ, an Iranian woman with bipolar affective disorder and schizophrenia, died by suicide at age 35 in November 2016. Key clinical lessons include: (1) the crit…

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WA2002-04-12

Inquest into the Death of Scott Davidson

26y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (Hanging)

Scott Davidson, a 26-year-old recently sentenced prisoner with paranoid schizophrenia, died by suicide in Casuarina Prison on 5 June 2000. Following sentencing to 9 years imprisonment, he was transferred to Casuarina Pri…

psychiatrycorrectional healthdiagnosticcommunicationolanzapine
SA2006-09-25

Coroner's Finding: BROOKS Neil James and FOSTER Tracy Jayne

43y · Male·suffocation by plastic bag (Neil Brooks); neck compression due to strangulation …

Two deaths investigated in joint inquest: Tracy Jayne Foster died by strangulation in December 2002; Neil James Brooks, her partner charged with her murder, died by suffocation while on remand in May 2003. The coroner id…

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NSW2024-10-17

Inquest into the death of Kevin Edwards

41y · Male·Unable to be ascertained

41-year-old male with schizophrenia/drug-induced psychosis and methamphetamine use died following police restraint on M5 motorway. Admitted to Shellharbour Hospital 10-30 May 2022 for psychotic behaviours and assault all…

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WAcommunity2024-06-26

Inquest into the Death of Peter James WILSON

41y · Male·complications in association with effects of fire, with terminal palliative care

Peter James Wilson, 41-year-old male with complex mental health history including bipolar affective disorder, anxiety, OCD, and possible schizophrenia, died by suicide on 1 November 2021 after self-immolating with …

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VIChome2024-04-23

Finding into death of Caroline Anne Willis

69y · Female·Multiple stab wounds

Caroline Willis, aged 69, was fatally stabbed by her son Jamie in May 2018, two hours after he was served with a Family Violence Intervention Order (FVIO). The death was homicidal and occurred within a context of escalat…

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