88 results for “acute psychotic illness”
2y · Female·drowning
A 2-year-old child died by 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 occurre…
21y · Male·Head injury sustained in fall from height
…bservations were all appropriate and reasonable given his clinical improvement. Suicide risk prediction in acute psychosis remains challenging; despite family support and appropriate care, the impulsive fatal act could …
47y · Female·hyponatraemia arising from primary polydipsia and complications of schizoaffecti…
…tal health history in custody records despite having multiple recent interactions with her showing mental illness; the NSWPF Facts Sheet falsely stated 'Police not aware of any drug or mental health issues'; the police …
25y · Female·Ligature Compression of the Neck (Hanging)
… died by suicide via ligature compression of the neck on 27 August 2001. She had a long history of mental illness, personality disorder, and poly-drug abuse. On the morning of her death, she expressed suicidal ideation …
42y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in motor vehicle crash
… crash in rural Western Australia. He had poor insight, chronic medication non-adherence, and a pattern of acute relapses requiring repeated hospitalisations. In late May 2015, despite signs of relapse and non-complianc…
52y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism
…e. Clinicians should consider VTE risk stratification in immobilised patients recovering from respiratory illness, particularly those with reduced mobility or comorbidities, and document risk-benefit discussions when pa…
36y · Male·Drowning
…oyal Australian Air Force member, died by drowning after absconding from Edinburgh Health Centre during an acute mental health crisis. Critical clinical failures included: a clinical psychologist's failure to read urgen…
21y · Male·multiple injuries from fall from water tower
A 21-year-old man with acute psychosis was admitted involuntarily to a psychiatric ward after being found climbing a power pole. After …
33y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
… died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He had been prescribed risperidone and prozac for psychotic symptoms and was experiencing significant paranoid delusions on the morning of his death. Post-mortem to…
49y · Male·undetermined
…ne became non-compliant with mental health appointments in July 2021. After threatening clinic staff while acutely psychotic, mental health services and police attempted to locate him for involuntary admission. Despite …
69y · Male·asphyxia by hanging
A 69-year-old man with depression, prostate cancer, and recent suicide attempt was admitted to MAPU (general medical ward) after intensive care treatment. He was deemed low suicide risk and the one-on-one attendant was d…
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 from the mental health unit at Kalgoorlie Re…
29y · Male·Penetrating wound to neck with vascular injury to the carotid sheath
Louis Bernard Taylor, a 29-year-old Aboriginal male, died from a penetrating wound to the neck inflicted by himself on 23 August 2002. Recently released from prison after four years incarceration, Louis was attempting to…
48y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease complicating restraint of an acutely agitated male
…h crisis responses; (2) the importance of assuming underlying cardiovascular disease in those with mental illness; (3) de-escalation and communication training for police (PRIME training); and (4) paramedic-led emergenc…
41y · Male·head and chest injuries from fall from height
…died by suicide, jumping from the Tasman Bridge on Christmas Eve 2022. He had a 15-year history of mental illness with multiple suicide attempts, previously managed with antipsychotic injections and antidepressants. Cri…
38y · Male·Exsanguination due to penetration of arm veins
…h nurse specialist on 24 April 2008 who noted fleeting suicidal thoughts but found him future-oriented, no acute risk was identified. Following lockdown on 27 April, Brennan obtained razor blades and cut his forearms fa…
21y · Male·Acute hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy and pneumonia in a man with recent trauma…
Peter Martin Carroll, age 21, died on 8 June 2007 in the ICU at Royal Perth Hospital from acute hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy and pneumonia following oxycodone overdose. He had been discharged that d…
43y · Male·aspiration of vegetable matter with occlusion of the upper airway
Peter Cornish, a 43-year-old man with a 17-year history of bipolar disorder, died on 25 September 2001 from aspiration of vegetable matter while experiencing a severe manic episode. In the two weeks before his death, mul…
39y · Male·multiple injuries from motor vehicle collision
…der died by suicide in a head-on motor vehicle collision. He had been appropriately managed on depot antipsychotic medication with generally good psychiatric care. However, a critical gap occurred when his GP (Dr C.), l…
31y · Male·self-inflicted hanging
…aced 'at risk' following his court appearance. A mental health assessment on 14 July 2021 found no mental illness or acute suicide risk, leading to removal from 'at risk' status and closure of forensic mental health fol…
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