746 results for “psychiatric treatment”
45y · Male·Natural causes - cardiac arrest, most likely secondary to severe tardive dyskine…
… was admitted to hospital on 31 October 2001 with severe tremors, fever, and dystonic reactions. Despite treatment with benztropine and benzodiazepines, he died suddenly of cardiac arrest on 7 November 2001. Post-mortem…
41y · Male·multi-organ failure and staphylococcal septicaemia following pulmonary and aorti…
…nduced acute organic brain syndrome. He was appropriately detained under the Mental Health Act to ensure treatment, re-admitted to RAH, and underwent emergency aortic and pulmonary valve replacement. Despite technically…
58y · Male·Heroin toxicity
58-year-old man with chronic back pain, paranoid schizophrenia, and decades-long prescription opioid and benzodiazepine abuse died from heroin toxicity. He had been successfully withdrawn from opioids (MS Contin, Endone)…
22y · Female·compression of the neck consistent with hanging
…al mental health assessment. Medical staff failed to obtain collateral information, wake her for proper psychiatric evaluation, or detain her under mental health legislation. That afternoon, three accused individuals sh…
Female·multiple injuries due to a fall from height (suicide by jumping from multi-store…
…car park on 21 September 2004, six days after admission to Belmont Private Hospital under an involuntary treatment order. She had attempted suicide in July 2004 and was discharged on 30 August 2004 against medical advic…
29y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (heroin and methamphetamine)
A 29-year-old man with a history of heroin and methamphetamine addiction died from mixed drug toxicity. He had suffered a work-related back injury leading to opioid dependence, complicated by anxiety and panic attacks. A…
27y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
…ecognize that brief periods of apparent improvement in mood and engagement during substance use disorder treatment do not eliminate imminent overdose risk, particularly following discovery of active drug use. Enhanced d…
23y · Male·combined drug toxicity (oxymorphone, benzodiazepines, codeine, and morphine) in …
… and anxiety disorder, treated with benzodiazepines and antidepressants by multiple clinicians. Despite psychiatric and addiction medicine assessment recommending specialist management, he continued polysubstance use an…
75y · Male·Multiorgan failure complicating mixed drug toxicity
…s contributed to death or that it was administered by another person. The deceased received appropriate psychiatric and medical assessment and treatment. His detention was lawful and played no role in his death. No clin…
54y · Male·Died by hanging while suffering from the effects of Post-traumatic Stress Disord…
…-year career and was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder in 2003. From January 2007, he received appropriate treatment from a GP and clinical psychologist, but struggled with medication compliance and experienced persistent…
39y · Female·Gunshot wound to the head
A 39-year-old woman with brief psychotic disorder experiencing suicidal and homicidal ideation killed her 4-year-old daughter and herself. She had been diagnosed with psychosis in 2015, treated with olanzapine, and disch…
48y · Male·Drowning
…essment. He re-presented within hours, was deemed not to meet Mental Health Act criteria for involuntary treatment, and was planning medical admission for investigation and alcohol detoxification. While awaiting assessm…
31y · Male·Self-inflicted hanging
…staff due to poor record management; mental health services were severely under-resourced with only one psychiatric session weekly for 400 prisoners; and the ward had multiple hanging points despite established evidence…
55y · Male·Immersion (Drowning) arising by way of suicide
Peter Daniel Mahoney, a 55-year-old man with treatment-resistant bipolar affective disorder, died by drowning on 13 June 2003 after absconding from Joondalup H…
48y · Male·Fatal cardiac arrhythmia which was the result of obstructive sleep apnoea
…ies including obesity, type 2 diabetes, and was on methadone for opioid substitution and olanzapine for psychiatric conditions. The coroner found his medical care was appropriate: his sleep apnoea was adequately managed…
41y · Male·Injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (driver) in a man with coronary a…
…is mother's car unlicensed and at excessive speed into oncoming traffic. He had a documented history of psychiatric illness with multiple involuntary admissions, medication non-compliance, and recent suicidal ideation e…
31y · Male·compression of the neck secondary to hanging
…sed anxiety disorder, autism spectrum disorder, and ADHD, died by hanging. He had received mental health treatment since age 17, including psychiatric hospitalization and multiple medication trials. At the time of death…
25y · Male·Injuries sustained when struck by a train (suicide)
…fective disorder, borderline personality disorder, and antisocial personality traits, was admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit (IPU1) on 12 April 2013 following a serious suicide attempt by hanging. He died the next…
26y · Male·.357 magnum gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen
…oms to others, and instead advised the parents to withdraw support—advice described as 'poor' by expert psychiatric testimony. The GP had prescribed benzodiazepines which may have disinhibited behavior when combined wit…
23y · Male·hanging
A 23-year-old male with treatment-resistant schizophrenia died by hanging while an involuntary patient in the High Dependency Unit of Roya…
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