126 results for “suicidal behaviour by hanging”
30y · Male·hanging
Arthur Smith, a 30-year-old man remanded in custody, died by hanging in Yatala Labour Prison on 13 January 2005. He had a complex psychiatric history including borderline per…
24y · Male·consequences of hanging
Damian John Cook, aged 24, died by hanging in his cell at Adelaide Remand Centre after 5 months in custody. His suicidal ideation on the day of deat…
53y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury due to hanging
A 53-year-old woman with severe depression, anxiety, and recent suicide attempt died by hanging in a psychiatric hospital's low-dependency unit. She had received ECT and was on hourly observations. On …
50y · Female·compression of the neck consistent with hanging
…dmitted to Cramond Clinic psychiatric ward following a suicide attempt on Christmas Day 2008. She died by hanging in her room on 28 December 2008. Critical failures included: inadequate mental health assessment by WACIS…
32y · Male·hanging
A 32-year-old man with bipolar disorder and recent suicide attempt died by hanging in a closed psychiatric ward. He was admitted following overdose and suicidal ideation, deemed high-risk,…
13y · Male·asphyxia as a result of hanging
MS, a 13-year-old Year 8 student, died by suicide by hanging on 16 February 2020. In the weeks before his death, MS engaged in self-harm by cutting his arms and expre…
34y · Female·Hanging with combined effects of ethanol and benzodiazepines
…arp, 34-year-old woman on a Community Treatment Order for schizophrenia, depression, and anxiety, died by hanging on 16-17 December 2007. She was in severe distress over losing custody of her children, with a court hear…
36y · Male·Global hypoxic brain injury due to hanging
Benjamin Johnston, a 36-year-old male, died by hanging after six weeks of varenicline (Champix) treatment for smoking cessation. Two weeks before death, his par…
15y · Male·compression of the neck consistent with hanging
Jason Hugo-Horsman, a 15-year-old in Year 10, died by hanging while alone at home on 9 October 2010. He had been referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service…
18y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest due to neck compression from hangi…
An 18-year-old Aboriginal man died from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest from hanging. He had a chronic petrol-sniffing habit and was acutely intoxicated on petrol when he hanged himself afte…
73y · Male·Neck compression in the circumstances of hanging
A 73-year-old man with severe depression and suicidal ideation died by hanging at a private psychiatric facility on 9 February 2019 during voluntary admission.…
36y · Female·Hanging
A 36-year-old woman with borderline personality disorder and alcohol use disorder died by hanging approximately one month after discharge from St Vincent's Hospital. She had been admitted involuntarily f…
50y · Female·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Annabel Nicol, a 50-year-old woman, died by ligature compression of the neck (hanging) in Bandyup Women's Prison on 15 June 2015. She was a remand prisoner with chronic alcoholism, depression…
42y · Male·Hanging
A 42-year-old male prisoner with a history of alcohol dependence, PTSD, and epilepsy died by intentional hanging in Cessnock Correctional Centre. Mental health assessments on reception and during detention found no sui…
Neck compression due to hanging (self-inflicted)
Two men, Barry Michael Turner (35) and Troy Michael Glennie (28), died by hanging in Adelaide Remand Centre while on remand. Both had expressed suicidal ideation and were being monitored …
25y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury due to hanging
Dylan Charlton-Smith, aged 25, died by hanging while in custody at Fulham Correctional Facility. A stressful visit from his partner preceded his death b…
39y · Female·neck compression due to hanging
… disorder, depression, substance abuse (alcohol and cannabis), and multiple past suicide attempts died by hanging at home on 11 February 1998. She had been discharged from psychiatric hospital 7 days earlier after a bri…
29y · Female·Hanging
Nidhi Parashar, an Indian national, died by hanging on 11 June 2012 after killing her husband Asim Kumar with a cricket bat and knife while he slept. The dea…
31y · Male·Hanging
… a 31-year-old man with a history of family violence, substance misuse, and mental health issues, died by hanging in April 2018. Key clinical lessons include: (1) the importance of regular, systematic mental health risk…
38y · Female·neck compression due to hanging
Margaret Lindsay, 38, died by hanging in Adelaide Women's Prison on 23 May 2001 whilst remanded in custody. She had a complex history of psychi…
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