Coronial

148 results for bipolar affective disorder

TAShome2022-06-20

Coroner's Finding: Williams, Julie Gaye

59y · Female·mixed prescription drug and alcohol toxicity (ethanol, diazepam, fluoxetine, and…

…ty with aspiration of gastric contents. She had extensive psychiatric history including depression, PTSD, bipolar disorder, and alcohol dependence, with multiple prior suicide attempts. On 9 June 2019, after consuming h…

psychiatrygeneral practicealcohol
VIChospital2025-07-08

Finding into death of KD

48y · Female·Combined effects of cardiac hypertrophy, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease a…

KD, a 48-year-old woman with chronic schizo-affective disorder, end-stage renal failure, COPD, cardiac hypertrophy and obesity, died from combined natural cau…

psychiatryintensive careolanzapine
TAShome2025-08-01

Coroner's Finding: de-identified UV

33y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity

A 33-year-old man with complex psychiatric history (bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, autism, ADHD) and long-standing substance use disorder died from mixe…

psychiatrygeneral practicesystemcommunicationmorphine
QLDcommunity, community, community2019-08-30

Nebauer, Talieha; Fowell, William and Whiticker, Caitlin Wilkinson

18y · Female, female, male·Caitlin: suicide by hanging; Talieha: suicide by hanging; William: suicide by tr…

…arrett Adolescent Centre (BAC) closure in January 2014. Caitlin had complex mental health needs including bipolar affective disorder and PTSD; she lived with her mother and a family member with whom she had a dysfunctio…

psychiatrypsychologycommunicationsystem
QLDcommunity2012-07-05

Patient A

49y · Male·Hanging

A 49-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder and recurrent depression experienced a relapse while in Tasmania and was referred to a…

psychiatrygeneral practicediagnosticcommunicationsertraline
VICmental health2024-04-19

Finding into death of Allison Naomi Eagle

44y · Female·Unascertained, presumed sudden cardiac death

44-year-old woman with schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder died unexpectedly in a psychiatric inpatient unit. She had obstructive sleep apnoea an…

psychiatryrespiratory medicinezuclopenthixol deconoate
NSWhome2018-04-26

Inquest into the death of FW

79y · Male·external neck compression as a result of hanging

A 79-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder and a documented history of medication non-compliance died by suicide while living in …

psychiatrygeneral practicecommunicationsystemrisperidone
NSWhospital2011-03-04

Williammackenzie 2011 03 04 12 58 08 816

60y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained after jumping from 15th storey home unit

William MacKenzie, a 60-year-old with a five-year history of bipolar affective disorder and recent involuntary hospitalization, presented to St. Vincent's Hospital on 9 June …

psychiatryemergency medicinediagnosticproceduralolanzapine
VICcommunity2022-12-01

Finding into death of Gabriel Messo

30y · Male·Gunshot wounds to the chest

Gabriel Messo, a 30-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder, died from gunshot wounds inflicted by Victoria Police on 16 July 2020 after violently…

psychiatryemergency medicinecommunicationsystem
VICmental health

Finding into death of GM

52y · Male·Unascertained

GM, a 52-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder, died of unascertained causes after absconding from a mental health inpatient unit on …

psychiatryemergency medicinesystemcommunicationpholcodine
VICcommunity2012-08-17

Finding into death of Jesse Ross Sangster

28y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (driver)

…injuries sustained in a high-speed motor vehicle collision while intoxicated. He had a 12-year history of bipolar affective disorder with comorbid substance abuse disorder, personality disorder, and poor impulse control…

psychiatryparamedicinesystemdelayalcohol
VIChospital2016-06-15

Finding into death of Patricia Mary Russell

76y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia complicating catatonia and depression in the setting of met…

Patricia Russell, a 76-year-old woman with metastatic bladder cancer, catatonia, and severe depression, died from aspiration pneumonia at St Vincent's Hospital. She was a compulsory patient under the Mental Health Act af…

psychiatrypalliative care
TAScommunity2021-05-12

Coroner's Finding: Ghanbarzadeh, Masoud

51y · Male·blunt trauma of the chest sustained in a motor vehicle crash; hypovolemic shock …

A 51-year-old man with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, chronic pain, and substance use disorder died from blunt chest trauma following a motor vehicle…

general practicepsychiatrycommunicationdiazepam
WAhospital2019-08-30

Inquest into the Death of James Ronald CHI

69y · Male·Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and coronary artery atherosclerosis

… atherosclerosis at Broome Hospital. He was an involuntary mental health patient with treatment-resistant bipolar disorder and significant medical comorbidities including diabetes, renal dysfunction, and Parkinsonism fr…

psychiatryemergency medicineclozapine
TAScommunity2024-04-17

Coroner's Finding: QR

42y · Female·Drowning due to combined drug (tramadol, venlafaxine, diazepam, quetiapine and c…

A 42-year-old woman with bipolar disorder, chronic pain, and emphysema died by drowning while scuba diving in shallow water after a 3-year…

general practicepsychiatrycommunicationtramadol
QLDhospital2016-06-20

Bradshaw, Scott Anthony - Non-inquest findings

38y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism due to bilateral deep calf vein thrombi

A 38-year-old man with schizo-affective disorder, bipolar disorder, and asthma presented to the emergency department with presumed pneumonia bas…

emergency medicineintensive carediagnosticcommunicationhypnodorm
VIC2008-01-25

Finding into death of Lee Andrew Kennedy

40y · Male·Haemorrhage from gunshot wound to chest

…table Erin Levay during a police response to his home. Mr Kennedy had been treated for presumed hypomania/bipolar disorder with lithium and later antidepressants by his GP. A psychiatrist at mental health services asses…

general practicepsychiatrysystemlithium
WAcommunity2017-01-05

Inquest into the Death of Radinka MIHAJLOVIC

47y · Female·Multiple injuries from being struck by a train; death determined to be suicide

A 47-year-old woman with bipolar affective disorder and PTSD, originally from Bosnia, died by suicide by stepping in front of a train on 1…

psychiatrygeneral practicecommunicationsystemolanzapine
SAhospital2021-11-23

Coroner's Finding: Barry, Margaret Joan

80y · Female·Right haemothorax due to bleeding right pleural adhesion with contributing apixa…

Margaret Joan Barry, 80, died from right haemothorax due to bleeding from a pleural adhesion while on apixaban anticoagulation therapy for atrial fibrillation. She was admitted to Royal Adelaide Hospital for psychiatric …

psychiatrycardiologyapixaban
VICaged care2019-10-15

Finding into death of Patricia O'Connor

84y · Female·Multisystem organ failure related to complications from a fall resulting in hip …

Patricia O'Connor, 84-year-old woman with bipolar disorder, was admitted involuntarily to Sunshine Aged Persons Mental Health Unit on 15 August 2017 during…

psychiatrygeriatric medicinesystempaliperidone
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