344 results for “major depression”
54y · Male·Unknown - death established on balance of probabilities but manner and cause und…
A 54-year-old man with major depressive disorder, chronic suicidality, and alcohol abuse was discharged from psychiatric hospital on 23…
52y · Male·Hanging
A 52-year-old man with a 25-year history of depression, anxiety, and severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) died by hanging. He had recent contact with men…
59y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury secondary to compression of the neck in the circu…
A 59-year-old woman with major depression died by hanging using her dressing gown tie while a voluntary inpatient at a private psychiatri…
59y · Male·compression of the neck secondary to hanging
A 59-year-old man with treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation died by hanging while on weekend leave from psychiatric care. He had bee…
25y · Male·drowning
…mized. Treating teams did not obtain collateral histories from the psychologist who had diagnosed him with major depression. Communication protocols for family concerns were inadequate. Discharge decisions proceeded des…
81y · Female·ischaemic bowel
An 81-year-old woman with longstanding depression and multiple comorbidities fell and fractured her humerus in March 2009. During rehabilitation, she beca…
64y · Female·Unascertained
A 64-year-old woman with chronic pain from multiple joint replacements, significant depression following her daughter's death in 2006, and long-standing suicidal ideation disappeared from a cruise sh…
31y · Male·Hanging
…gular, systematic mental health risk assessment in community settings, particularly for individuals with depression, suicidal ideation history, and active substance misuse; (2) need for integrated information-sharing bet…
49y · Male·Gunshot injury to the head
…ed gunshot wound at his home on 23 August 2010. He had a 15-year history of schizophrenia (paranoid type), major depression, mixed anxiety disorder, and auditory hallucinations, including command hallucinations instruct…
54y · Female·Acute alcohol toxicity with immersion
A 54-year-old woman with major depressive disorder and alcohol addiction died from acute alcohol toxicity with immersion. She was hospita…
86y · Male·pulmonary embolism following deep vein thrombosis
…26 May 2020. He was admitted under a Mental Health Act assessment order following a relapse of psychotic depression at his aged care facility. Clinical examination found no acute cause for his mental deterioration. He wa…
32y · Female·Hanging
Kylie Burnett, a 32-year-old woman with a long history of opiate dependence, depression, and psychotic episodes, died by hanging at her home in Coburg North, Victoria, between mid-January and …
21y · Male·heroin toxicity
…bail. He had been engaged in a methadone program and psychological treatment for heroin addiction, PTSD, depression and anxiety since June 2015. Despite medical supervision and documented heavy heroin use ($600-750/day i…
34y · Female·Hanging with combined effects of ethanol and benzodiazepines
Lisa Sharp, 34-year-old woman on a Community Treatment Order for schizophrenia, depression, and anxiety, died by hanging on 16-17 December 2007. She was in severe distress over losing custody of …
25y · Female·multiple injuries
A 25-year-old woman with newly diagnosed metastatic gastro-oesophageal cancer and depression died by suicide on hospital grounds. She was admitted on 30 January 2021 after imaging showed cancer pro…
86y · Female·Plastic bag asphyxia
An 86-year-old woman with delirium, depression, and multiple cardiac comorbidities died by asphyxiation with a plastic bag while in a transitional care…
16y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
A 16-year-old boy with a 5-year history of depression, multiple suicide attempts, and suicidal ideation died by self-inflicted gunshot wound at school on 1 Au…
59y · Female·mixed prescription drug and alcohol toxicity (ethanol, diazepam, fluoxetine, and…
…nd alcohol toxicity 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, a…
24y · Male·Injuries sustained in fall from height
SJ, a 24-year-old man with recently diagnosed Stage 4B non-Hodgkin lymphoma and pre-existing depression managed by Orygen Youth Health, died by suicide on 22 September 2016 by jumping from the seventh-floor r…
61y · Female·hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest due to neck compression due to han…
A 61-year-old woman died from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest caused by hanging on a psychiatric ward. She had been admitted after a suicide attempt by overdose and was under a Mental Health Act detention o…
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