301 results for “psychotic disorder”
31y · Male·Hanging
Timothy Garner, a First Nations man with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, died by hanging in custody at MRRC on 7 July 2018, five days after being cleared from …
57y · Female·metastatic lung carcinoma
…1 March 2018 while an involuntary patient in a palliative care unit. She had longstanding schizoaffective disorder requiring repeated psychiatric admissions. Following terminal lung cancer diagnosis in March 2017, she wa…
48y · Male·undetermined
A 48-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder, poorly controlled diabetes, sleep apnoea, obesity and cardiomegaly died unexpectedly at a rural hospital…
Female·Hanging
…a long history of heroin abuse, benzodiazepine misuse, and mental health issues including depression and psychotic behaviour. She received treatment for opiate dependence at North Yarra Community Health but with poor en…
53y · Male·asphyxia due to upper airway occlusion by a foreign body (blanket)
A 53-year-old man with complex psychiatric disorder (schizophrenia, depression, intellectual disability) died by asphyxiation after stuffing a blanket into h…
53y · Male·multiple large incised defects to the head and single stab wound to the chest
…l health management was reasonable but noted that holistic treatment addressing both substance abuse and psychotic symptoms was unavailable. The case highlights systemic gaps in managing complex comorbid mental illness …
Female·unascertained
Two Indigenous women from the Pilbara disappeared in late 1998 without trace: Veronica Lockyer (33 years old) and her infant daughter Adell Partridge (7 months old). Veronica was last seen at a Centrelink office in South…
46y · Female·pulmonary thromboembolism due to bilateral deep calf vein thrombosis
A 46-year-old woman with schizo-affective disorder died from pulmonary thromboembolism secondary to bilateral deep vein thrombosis five days after involunta…
47y · Male·presumed death, actual cause unknown
…d. The case highlights gaps in mental health service engagement for vulnerable homeless individuals with psychotic disorders, the importance of early identification and proactive outreach to at-risk populations, and coo…
57y · Male·Hanging
…tre in January 2018. Although he had been psychiatrically assessed as experiencing major depression with psychotic features and was recommended by a psychiatrist for placement in a two-occupant cell as suicide risk miti…
75y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
…ng in his ensuite bathroom. He had been admitted after allegedly assaulting his daughter-in-law during a psychotic episode. Clinical assessment found no documented evidence of suicidal ideation despite a remote history …
44y · Male·Gunshot wounds to the trunk and right thigh with subsequent blood loss
…ife confrontation. He presented with acute intoxication (alcohol and methamphetamine), substance-induced psychotic episode, paranoid delusions about police, and expressed suicidal ideation. Police attempted extended de-…
32y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a fall from a height
Adam Laufer, a 32-year-old man with longstanding bipolar disorder, died by suicide on 24 November 2016 when he jumped from the LaTrobe Street overpass in Melbourne. In the…
59y · Female·Sharp force injuries to the neck
… the fatal incident. Two independent psychiatrists diagnosed Mr Yildiz with a schizophrenic or delusional disorder. Despite contact with general medical services and English language classes, his mental illness went unid…
31y · Male·undetermined
Erol Elmas, a 31-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder, died in custody at Thomas Embling Hospital on 30 November 2022. The cause of death remains undetermined …
24y · Male·Gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen
… longstanding history of treatment-resistant schizophrenia and substance abuse, with repeated documented psychotic episodes and poor medication compliance. On the day of death, while intoxicated with methamphetamine (at…
62y · Male·cardiac arrest complicating psychotic episode
…ael Adams, aged 62 with chronic treatment-resistant schizophrenia, died from cardiac arrest complicating psychotic episode at a supported residential facility. During escalating psychotic behaviour, paramedics applied a…
41y · Male·unascertained
David Davidson Lawson, a 41-year-old Aboriginal man with chronic alcohol use disorder and a history of psychotic symptoms during withdrawal, disappeared from a remote homestead on the Dampier…
47y · Male·Compression of the neck arising from hanging
47-year-old man with antisocial personality disorder, psychosis, and methamphetamine use died by hanging. He presented to emergency departments on 10, 19, and…
34y · Male·self-inflicted hanging
…after absconding from Alice Springs Mental Health Unit during supervised cigarette leave. He was acutely psychotic with persecutory delusions related to methamphetamine use and prescribed dexamphetamine overuse. Critica…
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