68 results for “excessive alcohol consumption”
31y · Male·Burns
…r-old George Grimes with longstanding schizophrenia was found threatening self-immolation after consuming alcohol and missing antipsychotic medication. Despite police de-escalation attempts, he doused himself with petro…
17y · Female·Self-inflicted hanging in the context of known complex mental health and behavio…
…y hanging at a CASPA residential care house in Katherine on 3 October 2022. She had consumed cannabis and alcohol that evening and upon return to care at approximately 2.55am, experienced acute psychotic symptoms (heari…
21y · Male·multiple injuries from head-on motorcycle collision sustained during high-speed …
… he was travelling at 150-160 kph (in a 60 kph zone) when he lost control. Toxicology showed cannabis and alcohol in his system. The Deputy State Coroner found his death 'probably avoidable' and identified systemic poli…
27y · Male·propoxyphene toxicity
A 27-year-old man with schizophrenia died of propoxyphene toxicity while in police custody. He ingested a fatal dose of Doloxene capsules prescribed by Dr R. on 27 June 2000. The doctor prescribed 100 capsules to a patie…
22y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (tapentadol, clonazepam, citalopram, amphetamine, olanzapine…
Laurence O'Brien, a 22-year-old with acquired brain injury from a childhood motor vehicle accident, died from mixed drug toxicity involving eight substances including prescribed opioids, benzodiazepines, and unprescribed…
55y · Male·Cardiac hypertrophy with significant conditions contributing: coronary artery at…
Eric Lewis Wobona, a 55-year-old Aboriginal man with extensive cardiovascular risk factors including congestive cardiomyopathy, coronary artery disease, hypertension, diabetes, and previous amputation, died of acute hear…
27y · Male·Airway obstruction due to a combination of positional asphyxia, aspiration and a…
27-year-old Aboriginal man died in Alice Springs Watch House from airway obstruction due to acute alcohol intoxication, positional asphyxia and aspiration. He was detained in protective custody after being found…
37y · Male·stab wound to the chest penetrating the heart
…ce only under legal compulsion. Over the following 10 days, he exhibited non-compliance with medication, excessive alcohol consumption, and escalating psychotic symptoms including paranoid delusions that people wanted t…
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