96 results for “previous suicide attempt”
54y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in fall from height
Ms Deborah Lee Humm, 54, died by suicide on 14 May 2013 after jumping from a fourth-floor balcony at a Cairns hotel. She was highly intoxicated (B…
31y · Male·acute neck compression by ligature
… January 2015 from acute neck compression by ligature. He had a 12-year history of schizophrenic disorder previously managed with antipsychotics, which he had discontinued two and a half months prior at his own request. …
47y · Female·Ligature compression of the neck (suicide by hanging)
…ote location in Millstream National Park where she abandoned her damaged vehicle and subsequently died by suicide via ligature compression of the neck. Clinically, this case highlights the critical importance of risk as…
24y · Male·unknown
William Maddison French, a 24-year-old male, disappeared in December 1997 while travelling around Australia. He was last confirmed sighted on 17 December 1997 in Carnarvon. Extensive investigations, including police coll…
29y · Male·Hanging
…; and crucially, realisation that release was 12 months away rather than imminent); (2) failure to detect previous self-harm one week before death, witnessed only by an inmate who did not report it; (3) absence of mental…
20y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
…lures in his care included: (1) reception staff at Hakea Prison failing to identify and alert to a recent suicide attempt in police custody despite accompanying paperwork; (2) placement in a cell with obvious hanging po…
56y · Female·Combined drug toxicity
A 56-year-old woman with a long history of depression and recurrent suicide attempts died from combined drug toxicity while an inpatient at a private psychiatric hospital. She had b…
51y · Male·multiple injuries sustained by a high velocity fall from a height
… an hour using de-escalation techniques consistent with mental health crisis training. Despite McCarthy's attempt to physically intervene when he assessed imminent danger, the deceased pushed him away and jumped from th…
36y · Male·Shotgun wound to the head
…longstanding psychiatric history including borderline personality disorder, substance abuse, and multiple previous self-harm incidents. He was on bail with a residential condition preventing him from living with his fami…
20y · Female·Fatal Fall Injuries
A 20-year-old woman died by suicide at The Gap, Watsons Bay, after a relationship termination. She had been in a nearly 2-year online relatio…
58y · Male·Amitriptyline toxicity
…diagnostic difficulty: Mr Felman presented with established risk factors (chronic pain, depression, prior attempt 2005, substance use) yet consistently denied current suicidal intent and provided alternative explanation…
45y · Male·Multiple injuries and fall from a height
Glenn Stevenson, 45, died by suicide by jumping from the Westgate Bridge on 6 April 2008. He had been admitted to Sunshine Psychiatric Hospita…
26y · Male·Ligature Compression of the Neck (Hanging)
…. He had a history of serious mental illness, including psychotic episodes with delusional beliefs, and a previous suicide attempt. While in psychiatric care at Fremantle Hospital in March 2002, he was discharged without…
47y · Male·mixed prescription drug toxicity (quetiapine, olanzapam, lorazepam and diazepam)
…d deceased near the hospital on 23 October. The coroner could not definitively determine whether this was suicide or accidental overdose, but clinical lessons include: urgency in securing mental health respite for patie…
32y · Male·hanging
A 32-year-old man with bipolar disorder and recent suicide attempt died by hanging in a closed psychiatric ward. He was admitted following overdose and suicidal ide…
38y · Male·Hanging
…le on remand. He had a long history of psychiatric illness, including depression, paranoid schizophrenia, previous suicide attempts, and chronic back pain. He was appropriately identified as elevated baseline risk (EBR) …
58y · Male·asphyxiation by ligature
A 58-year-old Cambodian male with basic English skills died by suicide in prison after 7 days in custody on remand for assault. Critical failures in the reception screening pro…
56y · Male·Asphyxia
… He had a history of adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression, was under psychiatric care, and had previously attempted suicide. The death occurred following suspension from his laundry job and breach proceedings …
43y · Male·acute neck compression due to hanging
Geoffrey Noakes, a 43-year-old man with a long history of depression and suicide attempts, was detained under the Mental Health Act on 19 February 2013 after multiple suicide attempts (k…
70y · Female·end stage dementia
…l on 17 June 2017 while subject to a Level 3 Inpatient Treatment Order. She had been admitted following a suicide attempt with a knife at home in February 2017. Initially placed in aged care respite, she required hospit…
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