92 results for “acute suicidal behaviour”
Male·Gunshot wounds to the head
… Noah Smith (15) and Wayne Smith (58) on 1 June 2023. Wayne had 20-year history of chronic depression and suicidal ideation, including severe crisis in May 2020 with suicide plans. He recovered with antidepressants and l…
14y · Male·Hanging
…uma-informed or domestic and family violence lens. Despite repeated reports of physical and sexual abuse, suicidal ideation, self-harm, and escalating behaviours, CJ's needs remained unaddressed. Services focused on the …
36y · Male·hanging
…th 15-year history of paranoid schizophrenia and polysubstance abuse presented to hospital after violent behaviour toward his father while intoxicated. Despite police concerns, family requests for admission, and his tre…
19y · Male·Intentional self-inflicted hanging
…tside a nightclub. He had previously threatened suicide twice in recent weeks while intoxicated, and his behaviour was increasingly concerning (not attending work, increased drinking). Police conveyed him home consensua…
60y · Female·neck compression by ligature strangulation
…d have been classified as 'high need' rather than 'medium risk' based on her gross intoxication, reported suicidal history, PTSD diagnosis, and assertion of recent overdose. Mandatory 15-minute observations and CCTV moni…
20y · Male·Self-inflicted hanging
Corey McGeary, a 20-year-old remand prisoner with chronic risk factors for self-harm (history of suicide attempts, schizophrenia, personality disorder, severe childhood abuse, mild intellectual disability), died by hangi…
15y · Male·Gunshot wound to the chest
Tyler Cassidy, a 15-year-old boy, was fatally shot by Victoria Police on 11 December 2008 during a mental health crisis. He had stolen two large kitchen knives from Kmart and made threatening statements, explicitly deman…
65y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating hanging
…to psychosis, depression, and paranoid delusions as the dose was reduced. On 14 August, after concerning behaviour and suicidal statements at home, he was admitted to hospital where Emergency Department physician Dr H. …
42y · Male·hanging, an action taken by himself with the intention of ending his life
A 42-year-old man with acute psychosis was hospitalised for 26 days and discharged from a psychiatric facility to an isolated rural isl…
45y · Female·haemorrhage due to traumatic rupture of the liver
A 45-year-old woman with a long history of bipolar disorder and personality disorder presented to the ED at 2:30 AM after cutting her wrist deeply with a carving knife. The treating casualty officer did not properly docu…
29y · Male·hanging
…gistrar Dr S T urgently requested psychiatric consultant Dr A W review Casey for possible admission to the Acute Assessment Unit, but Dr A W never saw him. Without proper psychiatric review, Casey's suicide risk was dow…
22y · Male·Intentional self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head
A 22-year-old Aboriginal man died by self-inflicted gunshot wound while evading police custody. He had been arrested for breach of bail (living near a 15-year-old girl with whom he had an underage sexual relationship). H…
18y · Female·neck compression due to hanging
…-old female with depression and anxiety was admitted to a psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) following acute suicidal ideation. Clinically significant issues included: inadequate communication of previous self-harm …
32y · Male·Valproic Acid Overdose
Mark Bethell, a 32-year-old with bipolar affective disorder and borderline personality disorder, died from valproic acid overdose at a crisis accommodation facility. He was admitted to John Cade Psychiatric Unit followin…
23y · Male·injuries sustained in fall from Tasman Bridge and/or drowning after submersion i…
A 23-year-old man with bipolar disorder, polysubstance dependence, and chronic self-harm died by jumping from the Tasman Bridge hours after psychiatric discharge. Despite two suicide attempts within 48 hours preceding as…
17y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Jesse Dellar, a 17-year-old with a history of ADHD, learning disability, depression, and childhood sexual abuse, was admitted to Albany Regional Hospital on 23 November 2010 after intentionally overdosing on his ADHD med…
24y · Male·Haemorrhagic shock in the setting of a sharp force injury to the left arm
…s (4-5 September 2020) following police apprehension under the Mental Health Act for erratic, aggressive behaviour. Each time, ED and mental health assessments determined he did not meet criteria for compulsory treatmen…
60y · Male·asphyxia sequential to hanging due to depression
Robert Harris, a 60-year-old man with depression, made two suicide attempts within 24 hours. After the first attempt on 27 June 2006, he was discharged from Cairns Base Hospital Emergency Department with a plan to attend…
31y · Male·hanging (self-inflicted)
… transferred to an isolated management unit (Unit 7) on 1 June after displaying agitation and aggressive behaviour during a blood sugar check. Nursing staff recognised his deteriorating mental state and arranged urgent …
31y · Male·Hanging
…ns to emergency services and mental health services from March to July 2021 with deliberate self-harm and suicidal ideation, all in context of intoxication and relationship breakdown. While clinicians offered appropriate…
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