587 results for “psychosis”
44y · Male·Unascertained; presumed exposure
…year-old man with significant medical comorbidities including rheumatic heart disease, diabetes, organic psychosis and seizure disorder, disappeared from Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia on 28 January 2018. He had be…
2y · Male·Asphyxiation due to neck and/or chest compression
…an acute manic psychotic episode. The mother had been admitted to psychiatric care in December 2008 with psychosis and was prescribed antipsychotic medication. Following discharge to the Port Adelaide Community Treatmen…
3y · Male·Multiple stab wounds to the back
…ovic, aged 3 years, died from multiple stab wounds inflicted by his mother Katica during a first-episode psychosis. Katica had been receiving mental health treatment from NorthWestern Mental Health Service for approxima…
37y · Female·open finding - undetermined
…ckling-Bryen disappeared on 19 February 2016 and is presumed dead. She had a history of schizophreniform psychosis with a 2013 hospitalisation during which she expressed suicidal ideation. Post-discharge, she received i…
23y · Male·Injuries sustained when struck by train
Kai Wu, a 23-year-old man with first-episode psychosis, died by suicide at a railway station while on escorted leave from psychiatric inpatient care. He had be…
26y · Male·multiple injuries, primarily severe chest trauma, due to jumping from the Tasman…
A 26-year-old man with psychosis and acute schizophrenia died by suicide jumping from the Tasman Bridge. He had been diagnosed with ADHD,…
44y · Female·Dilated cardiomyopathy
…stody to The Park Centre for Mental Health in January 2009. She received psychiatric treatment for acute psychosis and appropriate general medical care for her comorbidities. On 29 January 2009, she was found deceased i…
45y · Male·gunshot wound to the chest
DP, a 45-year-old with a history of methylamphetamine use and drug-induced psychosis/schizophrenia, attended Quakers Hill Police Station on 19 January 2016 with a knife intending to provoke…
25y · Male·Head injury sustained on impact with a train
…s involuntarily admitted to Maroondah Hospital's psychiatric unit on 11 February 2021 with first episode psychosis. Clinical care by psychiatrist Dr C. was appropriate: medications were adjusted following prior non-comp…
45y · Male·coronary artery disease and mechanical asphyxia in a man using cocaine
A 45-year-old man with a history of drug-induced psychosis, cocaine use, and underlying coronary artery disease died in police custody following physical restraint…
5y · Female·Multiple stab wounds to the back
…a Perinovic, age 5, died from multiple stab wounds inflicted by her mother Katica during a first episode psychosis. Katica had been referred to NorthWestern Mental Health in November 2020 after developing paranoid thoug…
24y · Female·Ligature compression injury to the neck (hanging)
…reet Clinic where she was an involuntary psychiatric patient. She had been admitted on 3 April 2006 with psychosis secondary to substance abuse. On 10 April, despite a history of two previous abscondings, she was grante…
41y · Male·ligature strangulation
A 41-year-old man with intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, and psychosis died by ligature strangulation using his shoelaces in an acute mental health unit. He had been admitted …
28y · Male·hanging
Aaron Nathan Stagg, 28-year-old man with likely Asperger's Syndrome and emerging paranoid psychosis, died by hanging on 5 March 2010 after a period of disengagement from mental health services. He was ref…
22y · Male·gunshot injury to the chest
… self-defence provisions. Key clinical lessons: recognition of mental health crisis (likely drug-induced psychosis), the limitations of current Taser technology with heavy clothing, and the importance of backup support …
24y · Male·multiple injuries and chest compression asphyxia (train strike)
…iatry referral was automatically cancelled but not reinstated. At discharge, he exhibited clear signs of psychosis and suicidality, yet received only a superficial assessment by a nursing staff member who did not thorou…
30y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury due to mixed drug toxicity (vecuronium and atropine self-in…
…tropine obtained from a hospital storeroom. She was admitted under Mental Health Act detention for acute psychosis. Critical clinical lessons include: (1) her antipsychotic medication was inadequate despite florid psych…
67y · Female·Head injuries
…hirley Kidd, aged 67, died from head injuries inflicted by her grandson Hayden during a cannabis-induced psychosis. Hayden had experienced severe childhood abuse by his stepfather and subsequently developed mental healt…
23y · Female·Unascertainable
Gretta Ray, 23, died on 17 December 2002 at Bentley Hospital in Western Australia while detained as an involuntary psychiatric patient under the Mental Health Act. She was admitted on 14 December with suspected schizophr…
64y · Male·hypoxic encephalopathy, secondary to cardiac arrest, secondary to myocardial inf…
A 64-year-old man with paranoid psychosis, poorly controlled diabetes, ischaemic heart disease, atrial fibrillation, congestive cardiac failure, a…
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