746 results for “psychiatric treatment”
40y · Male·Unascertained; likely cardiac arrhythmia secondary to cardiomegaly and morbid ob…
Peter John William Fallon, aged 40, died in the psychiatric intensive care unit at Queen Elizabeth Hospital on 2 February 2013 of unascertained cause. He had bipol…
92y · Female·decompensated congestive cardiac failure secondary to haemophilus influenzae low…
…diac failure secondary to haemophilus influenzae lower respiratory tract infection. She was admitted to psychiatric care under an Inpatient Treatment Order due to severe dementia-related behavioural disturbance and medi…
44y · Male·neck compression consistent with hanging
Scott Alexander Robinson, a 44-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder, died by hanging while on an Inpatient Treatme…
Male·hanging
…tory of mental health crisis at age 17 following a police interaction, including a Panadol overdose and psychiatric treatment, but there was no clear evidence of ongoing mental health support thereafter. The clinical le…
39y · Male·Compression of the neck consequent upon hanging
Adrian Young, a 39-year-old voluntary inpatient with severe treatment-resistant depression and chronic anxiety, died by hanging while on day leave from the Melbourne Clinic. …
49y · Male·hanging (suicide)
…tonio Rodriguez, aged 49, died by hanging on 16 September 2006, two hours after discharge from Ward B8 (psychiatric short-stay unit) at Royal Adelaide Hospital. He had been admitted with severe depression and active sui…
75y · Male·Ischaemic Heart Disease and Cardiomegaly
…galy, triple vessel coronary atherosclerosis with right coronary artery thrombosis), died suddenly on a psychiatric ward while under an Inpatient Temporary Treatment Order. He was found unresponsive during afternoon rou…
76y · Female·left lower lobe pneumonia complicating metapneumovirus infection
…lower lobe pneumonia complicating metapneumovirus infection at Lyell McEwin Hospital. She had extensive psychiatric history (schizoaffective disorder/bipolar) with chronic mental health admissions, managed at Clements H…
23y · Male·open finding - not determined
…able patients with mental illness, clear follow-up protocols, and regular monitoring of compliance with psychiatric medication. The patient had been stabilised on antipsychotic medications but was discharged to parents …
62y · Female·hyponatremia (low sodium level 114mmol/L) resulting in seizure, with aspiration …
… died from hyponatremia (sodium level 114mmol/L) resulting in seizure and aspiration during involuntary psychiatric admission. She had been on escitalopram (SSRI) for depression and was admitted after refusing depot ant…
43y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
…ments described as highly compliant and beneficial. One month before death, his psychiatrist documented psychiatric stability with no self-harm risk. Community Corrections records showed no non-compliance. On the day of…
81y · Female·ischaemic bowel
…easingly depressed and self-neglectful, refusing food and cooperation with therapy. She was admitted to psychiatric care under Mental Health Act detention. On 9 May 2009, her physical health acutely declined with shock-…
28y · Male·hanging
A 28-year-old man with treatment-resistant paranoid schizophrenia and substance abuse died by hanging while detained under the Mental Hea…
Deaths from injuries sustained in a mass stabbing attack
…m a mass stabbing attack at Westfield Bondi Junction on 13 April 2024. The perpetrator, Joel Cauchi, had treatment-resistant schizophrenia and had ceased antipsychotic medication. Key clinical findings identified seriou…
79y · Male·Atherosclerotic right internal carotid artery occlusion with resultant ischaemia…
…vascular disease history (prior MI, triple bypass, hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia) was admitted to psychiatric care under an Inpatient Treatment Order following suicidal ideation. While detained, he suffered a mass…
24y · Male·multiple stab wounds to the chest that he inflicted upon himself
… relapse and engaged in a dangerous spree involving vehicle theft, assault, and police pursuit. Despite psychiatric treatment with antipsychotics, he stopped medication multiple times. On 4 January 2019, he rammed a pol…
17y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to hanging
…old male who transitioned from female died by hanging on 21 April 2020, seven days after discharge from psychiatric inpatient care. He had complex medical needs including chronic back pain, spinal fusion, post-viral fat…
33y · Female·multiple injuries sustained in a train incident
…uicidality died by suicide after stepping in front of a train on 6 October 2009. She was an involuntary psychiatric patient at Northpark Private Hospital despite confusion about her legal status. She left the ward oppor…
Unknown·Electrocution
…with metastatic disease and pleural effusion) with a prognosis of months to live. He declined palliative treatment to continue caring for his wife EG, who had chronic paranoid schizophrenia managed without medication de…
68y · Male·Gunshot injuries to the abdomen
…ied by self-inflicted gunshot wound. He held a current firearms licence despite a documented history of psychiatric illness and problematic alcohol use. In his 2012 licence application, he falsely denied recent psychiat…
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