89 results for “schizophrenia or psychotic disorder”
40y · Male·gunshot wounds
Todd McKenzie, a 40-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, died of gunshot wounds after a nine-hour police siege at his Taree home on 31 July 2019. Todd became …
41y · Male·head and chest injuries from fall from height
A 41-year-old man with schizophrenia died by suicide, jumping from the Tasman Bridge on Christmas Eve 2022. He had a 15-year history of men…
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…
59y · Male·asphyxia due to choking on food
…chiatric patient in Launceston General Hospital's Northside unit. He had major depression and paranoid schizophrenia with complex psychiatric presentation. After a significant breakfast choking incident causing loss of …
50; 37y · Male; male·Mark John Furlan: hypoxic brain injury due to acute neck compression due to hang…
…t treatment orders at Ward 2G of Royal Adelaide Hospital. Mark Furlan (50) died in 2018 after developing psychotic depression with suicidal ideation. The coroner found he should have been under continuous rather than cl…
38y · Male·Multiple injuries
…fter reporting thoughts of harming his father. He had a complex psychiatric history including paranoid schizophrenia, substance dependence, and prior hospitalization. He denied suicidal intent but admitted occasional su…
36y · Female·Internal injuries consequent on being stabbed repeatedly by Rocky Manu, a man wi…
Jasmine Roennfeldt, a 36-year-old woman with schizoaffective disorder being treated at a community mental health clinic, died from stab wounds inflicted by her flatmate Rocky …
37y · Male·Hanging, self-inflicted with intention of taking own life
A 37-year-old man with schizophrenia and a history of medication non-compliance died by suicide while subject to a Psychiatric Treatment Or…
55y · Male·cardiac arrest in the setting of methylamphetamine toxicity, with possible serot…
…icated by pre-existing cardiac and respiratory disease, whilst in police presence. He had schizoaffective disorder and emphysema, was taking antidepressants and antipsychotics, and presented with excited delirium-like be…
40y · Female·Complications of WHO Class III Obesity
Cindy Jane Martin, a 40-year-old Aboriginal woman with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, WHO Class III obesity, and obstructive sleep apnoea, died of sudden cardiac complications seven days …
48y · Female·Head injury
Frances May Cooper, a 48-year-old woman with chronic paranoid schizophrenia, died from head injuries after being struck by a train on 30 October 2011 while on unescorted leave fr…
2y · Female·drowning
… at her home in September 2016. Her mother was suffering from acute psychosis and had stopped taking antipsychotic medication days before the death. Critical failures occurred: the child protection service had closed th…
24y · Male·Multiple gunshot wounds
Mohamad Ikraam Bahram, a 24-year-old man with schizophrenia managed under a community treatment authority, died after being shot by police on Mary Street Brisbane…
51y · Male·complications of opiate toxicity; cardiac and respiratory arrest following drug …
Ziad Hamawy, a 51-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia and polysubstance use disorder, died from opiate toxicity after cardiac arrest following his discharge…
32y · Male·multiple injuries sustained in a fall from height
A 32-year-old man with a history of psychotic episodes and depression died by suicide after jumping from a cliff while experiencing an acute psychotic…
26y · Male·Ligature Compression of the Neck (Hanging)
… at Hakea Prison, died by hanging on 11 July 2002. He had a history of serious mental illness, including psychotic episodes with delusional beliefs, and a previous suicide attempt. While in psychiatric care at Fremantle…
48y · Male·Hanging (partially suspended hanging using shoelaces as ligature)
… 48, died by hanging in Risdon Prison in May 2022 while on remand for serious charges. He had paranoid schizophrenia, a long history of substance abuse, and was experiencing depression and suicidal ideation. The coroner…
26y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (driver)
…in a high-speed head-on collision on the Princes Freeway when the opposing driver, suffering untreated schizophrenia and other mental health conditions, drove the wrong way on the freeway at approximately 154 km/h after…
23y · Male·Injuries sustained when struck by train
…ted 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 medication side-e…
42y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (driver)
A 42-year-old male with a long history of schizophrenia and dissocial personality disorder was released from prison in August 2011 without parole conditions. …
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