183 results for “drug-induced psychosis”
29y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
Nicholas Edward Bell, aged 29, died by hanging in Mobilong Prison on 29 April 2015. He had a documented history of mental illness, previous suicide attempts, substance abuse (methamphetamine, heroin, alcohol), and was as…
38y · Male·Multiorgan failure following out of hospital cardiac arrest in a man with methyl…
A 38-year-old Noongar man died from multiorgan failure following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest after being restrained in prone position by police. He had injected methylamphetamine and developed excited delirium, becomi…
23y · Male·Multiple injuries from being struck by train
Jalen Hunter Norris, aged 23, died by suicide when struck by a train on 9 April 2021. He was experiencing paranoid delusions and had recently been arrested for criminal damage and cannabis possession after an incident at…
46y · Male·asphyxia by hanging
…-old with substance use history, presented to mental health services in November 2013 with first-episode psychosis. After initial hospital assessment and two CAT Team visits, his case was closed on 10 December following…
31y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Stephen Sherwood, a 31-year-old Aboriginal man with untreated mental health issues and history of methylamphetamine use, died by suicide on 13 April 2022. He had attempted suicide by wrist-cutting on 30 March 2022 and th…
27y · Male·external blood loss due to laceration of right axillary artery from single gunsh…
…gs' death was preventable. Critical clinical and systemic lessons include the importance of recognizing drug-induced behavioural changes—Biggs had recently increased amphetamine use and tested positive for MDMA, methamph…
32y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
Mark Bombardieri, a 32-year-old man with a complex history of criminal behaviour, mental health disorders, polysubstance abuse, and multiple psychiatric admissions, died by suicide on 6 March 2019 via self-inflicted guns…
24y · Female·Ligature compression injury to the neck (hanging)
…reet Clinic where she was an involuntary psychiatric patient. She had been admitted on 3 April 2006 with psychosis secondary to substance abuse. On 10 April, despite a history of two previous abscondings, she was grante…
33y · Male·methylamphetamine toxicity; antecedent causes being the physiological effects of…
A 33-year-old man with methamphetamine addiction and possible schizophrenia attended the ED seeking help while acutely intoxicated, psychotic and sleep-deprived. After initially agreeing to medication, he attempted to le…
36y · Male·hypoxic brain injury and myocardial ischaemia following cardiac arrest during re…
A 36-year-old man with methylamphetamine intoxication was restrained by civilians and police following a property damage incident. He experienced cardiac arrest during restraint and died from hypoxic brain injury and myo…
27y · Male·Cardiac arrest due to cardiac arrhythmia triggered by prone restraint (some of w…
…f prone restraint (some weighted), sedative drugs, exertion, chemical irritants, tasering, and untreated psychosis. Recommendations address police training on prone restraint risks, family information consideration in m…
33y · Male·cardiorespiratory arrest during restraint, involving a predisposition to cardiac…
…digenous man died following police restraint and inappropriate midazolam administration during an acute drug-induced behavioural disturbance. Mr Coolwell sustained injuries while in acute methamphetamine-induced psychosi…
41y · Male·unknown
Dean Anthony Pollard was a 41-year-old man with a long history of schizophrenia and amphetamine-induced psychotic disorder who disappeared in May-June 2010 and is presumed dead. He had multiple psychiatric admissions bet…
31y · Male·hanging
MC, a 31-year-old male with a history of drug-induced psychosis and substance abuse, died by hanging in May 2015 at the Metropolitan Reception and Remand Cen…
38y · Male·Toxicity to methylamphetamine
Paul Bermingham, a 38-year-old man with a history of recreational drug use, experienced acute behavioural changes consistent with methamphetamine intoxication on 15 December 2013. He displayed paranoid delusions, hyperac…
23y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic brain damage due to self-inflicted hanging with intention of t…
…opportunity when Access Mental Health failed to correctly triage a call from her mother describing acute psychosis. While no individual clinician was culpable, the coroner emphasized that therapeutic gaps and service de…
42y · Male·unascertained
Anthony Charles Eura, a 42-year-old Aboriginal man with long-standing mental health problems, alcohol and drug dependency, and chronic suicidality, disappeared in November 2006 and is presumed deceased. In the month befo…
30y · Male·Unascertained; likely cardiac arrhythmia
Adam Troy Shepley, aged 30, died in police custody following restraint after climbing onto roofs while displaying drug-affected and paranoid behaviour. Post-mortem examination revealed an unascertained cause, likely a ca…
32y · Male·Cardiac arrest as a result of the combined effects of severe coronary atheroscle…
…erosclerosis but the coroner concluded death resulted from combined effects of cardiac disease, obesity, psychosis, violent struggle, and prone restraint (restraint asphyxia). Critical failures included: failure to iden…
20y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
… neck (hanging) in a cleaning storeroom on 6 March 2013. He had a complex psychiatric history including drug-induced psychosis, depression, and anxiety, for which he was frequently non-compliant with antipsychotic medica…
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