746 results for “psychiatric treatment”
31y · Male·hanging
…n custody on 2 April 2017 at the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre, Silverwater. He had a chronic treatment-resistant schizophrenic illness with extensive self-harm history. Following his psychiatric assessment o…
62y · Male·Cerebral ischaemic injury due to hanging
…liar, a 62-year-old man with severe bipolar affective disorder, died from hanging in Frankston Hospital psychiatric ward on 16 November 2012 after an involuntary admission for treatment-resistant depression with suicida…
67y · Male·aspiration pneumonia with contributing chronic schizophrenia
Robert Nicholas Hocking, a 67-year-old man with treatment-resistant chronic schizophrenia, died from aspiration pneumonia during his final hospitalization at Roya…
48y · Female·Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease
… psychosis that rendered her unable to self-manage her medical conditions. She was admitted following a psychiatric crisis on 9 July 2002 and placed on a continuing detention order. Her condition progressively deteriora…
53y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
John Stephen Passmore, a 53-year-old man with severe treatment-resistant paranoid schizophrenia, died by suicide while on community leave from psychiatric hospital. He…
20y · Male·pulmonary oedema due to acute on chronic heart failure resulting from dothiepin …
…included: absence of dual diagnosis approach to comorbid mental illness and substance abuse; inadequate psychiatric follow-up after the therapeutic relationship broke down; failure to review or reduce an excessive dose …
45y · Male·Stab wound to the chest, self-inflicted
…phrenia, died by self-inflicted stab wound in April 2009, approximately two months after discharge from psychiatric hospital on a Community Treatment Order. He was discharged on a complex medication regime requiring for…
75y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
Luciano T, a 75-year-old man with complex medical and psychiatric history including chronic pain, depression, and delusional jealousy syndrome, shot his wife in the face…
33y · Male·Cardio-respiratory arrest in the setting of prone restraint of an agitated obese…
…spiratory arrest during prone restraint in a busy emergency department after his mental health community treatment order was revoked. He was admitted to the ED rather than a dedicated psychiatric unit due to lack of men…
44y · Male·aspiration pneumonia
…iration pneumonia after a 15-day admission to Royal Adelaide Hospital. He was transferred from Glenside psychiatric hospital on 11 November 2002 with signs of chest infection and progressive physical deterioration. At R…
34y · Male·Long drop hanging resulting in complete decapitation
…hanging resulting in complete decapitation) on 17 June 2006, approximately 6 weeks after discharge from psychiatric admission on a Community Treatment Order. He had a 15-year history of chronic paranoid schizophrenia, c…
46y · Male·Acute purulent pericarditis as a consequence of an infected injection, in the co…
…of acute purulent pericarditis secondary to a self-administered infected injection. He was subject to a Psychiatric Treatment Order at the time of death. The coroner found that ACT Mental Health Services provided approp…
26y · Male·amylobarbital overdose
…aged 26 at presumed death, disappeared on 31 August 1971 following discharge from St Vincent's Hospital psychiatric unit after treatment for a drug overdose. Unidentified remains found in the Yarra River in 1972 were re…
73y · Female·Combined effects of congestive cardiac failure, coronary artery atherosclerosis …
…ied from congestive cardiac failure, coronary atherosclerosis, and cardiomegaly while an inpatient in a psychiatric unit. She had recently been treated for C. difficile colitis requiring ICU admission for hypotension. T…
72y · Male·exsanguination (blood loss) from severed femoral artery
…phrenia, died by exsanguination from a self-inflicted femoral artery laceration. He was discharged from psychiatric inpatient care on a community treatment order on 14 December 2017 and died on 26-27 December 2017. The …
31y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury secondary to hanging
…was no coordinated care plan. In April 2015, he presented with suicidal ideation and paranoid thoughts; psychiatric admission was suggested but he declined. His psychiatrist had relocated and communication between the p…
88y · Male·bilateral acute bronchopneumonia on a background of chronic obstructive airways …
…nkempt and homeless, detained due to aggressive behaviour and refusal of medical care, and was awaiting psychiatric ward placement when he suffered a sudden cardiac arrest. The coroner found the detention order lawful, …
48y · Male·Injuries sustained in an explosion
…n closing his case in December 2013, preventing continuity of care despite recognised need for long-term treatment and monitoring. The GP, Dr F., in February 2014 noted severe deterioration but assumed CMHS continued tr…
15y · Female·neck compression due to hanging
… 2011, CAMHS closed her file. Critical opportunities were missed: Seymour College and later Dr L. urged psychiatric involvement, but communication failures meant Michaela never saw a psychiatrist until too late. By June…
82y · Male·malignant mesothelioma (palliated)
…nal thoughts, suicidal ideation, and made two suicide attempts. He was placed under successive Inpatient Treatment Orders (Level 1, 2, and 3) with appropriate psychiatric review and palliative care management. Despite p…
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