115 results for “resistant schizophrenia”
36y · Male·Complications of morbid obesity, including cardiac enlargement, aspiration of ga…
A 36-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizophrenia and Capgras syndrome died from complications of morbid obesity (183.5 kg, BMI 45.3). He wa…
38y · Male·Hanging
…l Centre while 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 baselin…
86y · Male·Oesophageal perforation
An 86-year-old man with treatment-resistant paranoid schizophrenia residing in a secure psychiatric unit died from oesophageal perforation. He exper…
58y · Male·Unascertained causes
A 58-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizophrenia living in aged care died suddenly 30 minutes after receiving his evening clozapine dose. A…
62y · Male·bronchopneumonia on background of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Stephen Kenneth Ryan, a 62-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizophrenia and severe COPD from lifelong smoking, died of bronchopneumonia on 12 August 2013 at Bentl…
23y · Male·Injuries sustained when struck by train
…d been admitted to The Alfred Hospital in January 2018 under Mental Health Act compulsion with treatment-resistant schizophrenia. Despite comprehensive psychiatric management and good clinical care, he experienced medic…
60y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease
A 60-year-old man with schizophrenia, ischaemic heart disease, previous myocardial infarction and stenting died of acute ischaemic heart di…
31y · Female·plastic bag asphyxia
Kirstan McRae-Jansen, a 31-year-old woman with chronic schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, and substance abuse, died by plastic bag asphyxia using an LPG bottl…
22y · Male·Hanging
A 22-year-old man with severe chronic treatment-resistant schizophrenia and substance use disorder died by hanging in prison custody. He had been recently dischar…
65y · Female·Early bronchopneumonia and hypoxic brain injury following aspiration of food (ch…
Anna Maria Cameron, a 65-year-old woman with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, died from aspiration choking while eating on a psychiatric ward. She had been recently tr…
42y · Male·acute methadone intoxication
Paul William Lowe, a 42-year-old man with treatment-resistant epilepsy, schizophrenia, and long-standing opioid dependence, died from acute methadone intoxication on …
41y · Male·Gunshot wounds to neck and chest (perpetrator Joel Cauchi); stab wounds (six vic…
…rmation about recent decline; (5) loss of mental health follow-up after relocation. Cauchi had treatment-resistant schizophrenia and was psychotic at time of attack. Coroner found Dr B.-Lavack's care involved confirmati…
36y · Female·head injury
A 36-year-old woman was killed by a young man with early-onset schizophrenia after a chance encounter. The death resulted from a complex series of missed opportunities in mental h…
24y · Male·self-inflicted hanging
…died by suicide while on escorted leave from psychiatric care. He had been admitted with first-episode schizophrenia, presenting with florid psychosis and command hallucinations telling him to harm himself. Although sed…
27y · Male·ligature strangulation
A 27-year-old male with treatment-resistant schizophrenia died from ligature strangulation by a co-patient at a secure forensic mental health facili…
57y · Male·Clozapine toxicity on a background of right lower lobe of lung lesion (unspecifi…
Joshua Brown, a 57-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizophrenia managed in the community, died from clozapine toxicity. He had accumulated over 50 tablets…
46y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in an obese man with a history of diabetes mellitus, obstru…
Samuel Edward Ashby, a 46-year-old prisoner with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, died from aspiration pneumonia complicated by clozapine effect. Key clinical lessons: (1)…
20y · Male·Multiple injuries due to contact with a train
Jonathan Saccu, a 20-year-old with severe treatment-resistant schizophrenia, absconded from an open mental health unit and was fatally struck by a train approximately…
45y · Male·Complications of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
Colin Vivian Cannon, a 45-year-old man with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome living in residential care, was found unresponsive and died from complications of his severe epilepsy. His seizures had increased in frequency and sever…
42y · Male·Drowning following chest injuries sustained from jumping from the Tasman Bridge
A 42-year-old man with long-standing, well-managed paranoid schizophrenia died by suicide from the Tasman Bridge. He had been compliant with clozapine therapy for over 20 years…
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