366 results for “psychiatric admission assessment”
54y · Female·Hanging
…ession and anxiety in early 2011. After two suicide attempts, she was admitted to Austin Health's Acute Psychiatric Unit involuntarily. After 11 days of treatment and progressive day leave, she was approved for two nigh…
20y · Male·Ligature Compression of the Neck (Hanging)
…t acutely psychotic. Despite appropriate antipsychotic medication and close observation during his 3-day admission, he was not assessed as suicidal and no evidence of suicidal ideation was documented during this final a…
17y · Female·mixed drug toxicity
…ts (doxepin, diazepam, fluoxetine). Critical failures included: inadequate investigation of her complex psychiatric history and previous Melbourne methadone treatment; escalating methadone by 35mg over 5 days (contrary …
89y · Male·congestive cardiac failure due to ischaemic heart disease and aortic valve steno…
…severe depression, suicidal ideation, and self-neglect after multiple family bereavements. Six days into admission, he fell and sustained minor lacerations. He was found dead 10 hours later. Post-mortem revealed old sub…
40y · Female·hypoxic encephalopathy due to asphyxia from hanging
…cluding OCD, complex trauma, severe depression, and recurrent suicidal ideation was admitted to an open psychiatric unit after expressing suicidal intent. Despite being assessed as high-risk with a management plan requi…
32y · Male·Valproic Acid Overdose
…rder, died from valproic acid overdose at a crisis accommodation facility. He was admitted to John Cade Psychiatric Unit following a benzodiazepine overdose on 13 March 2008. Despite a clear history of impulsive self-ha…
64y · Female·Respiratory arrest secondary to morphine overdosage on a background of mild to m…
…e overdose after ingesting 17 tablets of slow-release morphine (Kapanol) and diazepam. Initial emergency assessment by an intern was appropriate, but critical care gaps emerged. Dr P.'s observation that the patient was u…
46y · Male·cardiac arrhythmia in a man with coronary arteriosclerosis and myocarditis
…ied from cardiac arrhythmia secondary to coronary arteriosclerosis and myocarditis while an involuntary psychiatric patient. He had significant unrecognised cardiac risk factors including metabolic syndrome, obesity, di…
53y · Female·unascertained natural causes
Ms Rona, a 53-year-old woman with major depression, was admitted involuntarily to Bungarabee House psychiatric unit on 6 August 2018 after presenting with catatonic features, mutism, and refusal to eat or drink. Sh…
54y · Female·unascertained
…54-year-old woman with severe anorexia nervosa and major depression, absconded from Rockingham Hospital psychiatric unit on 3 October 2017 during an escorted walk in hospital grounds. She had been an involuntary patient…
32y · Male·unascertained; most likely exposure after walking in bushland
Jason Marcus Lawson, a 32-year-old man with a complex psychiatric history including depression, anxiety, polysubstance use, and previous suicide attempts, disappeared on…
39y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to hanging
…an with depression, anxiety, and substance use disorder was voluntarily admitted to Northern Hospital's psychiatric unit after presenting to ED with suicidal ideation. Despite documented suicidal thinking at admission, …
36y · Male·Neck compression secondary to hanging
… multiple risk factors, and severe depression. The psychotherapist appropriately conducted comprehensive assessment, identified need for psychiatric input, and attempted multiple referrals to psychiatrists who were unava…
55y · Female·hypoxic brain injury complicated by aspiration pneumonia
…o inform the treating doctor. Had this been communicated, Mental Health Act detention and transfer to a psychiatric facility would likely have occurred. The critical failures were: inadequate mental health assessment on…
54y · Female·unascertainable
…s: early recognition and appropriate pharmacological treatment of psychotic symptoms, need for adequate psychiatric assessment and involuntary admission protocols, and importance of secure observation in patients with a…
41y · Male·Neck compression subsequent upon hanging
…ied by hanging on the morning of a scheduled psychology appointment. He had been referred by his GP for psychiatric care five days prior following a suicidal gesture, was prescribed antidepressants, and had completed an…
46y · Female·pulmonary thromboembolism due to bilateral deep calf vein thrombosis
… from pulmonary thromboembolism secondary to bilateral deep vein thrombosis five days after involuntary psychiatric admission. She was severely withdrawn, refusing food, fluids, and mobilisation due to her acute psychot…
63y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury and pneumonia complicating cardiac arrest in a ma…
…rs, and emphysema, died from hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury and pneumonia following cardiac arrest on a psychiatric unit. He presented to ED on 15 August 2019 with acute psychosis requiring sedation with multiple CNS-de…
58y · Male·asphyxia
…al by his partner. In the emergency department he was triaged with sufficient safety concerns to warrant admission. A psychiatrist assessed him as moderate suicide risk but could not admit him due to insufficient mental…
17y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
…t (Dr H.) on 25 November 2010 who deemed him at low-to-moderate immediate risk and recommended continued admission. However, after reporting a suicide attempt by hanging in the shower on the night of 26 November, he was…
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