273 results for “acute mental illness”
76y · Male·Upper airway obstruction by food bolus in a man with ischaemic heart disease
…s. Autopsy confirmed triple vessel coronary atherosclerosis. The coroner found no relationship between his mental health supervision status and the cause of death. Clinical lessons include recognition of dysphagia risk i…
53y · Male·Cardiomegaly in a man with obesity and chronic liver disease
…idities including obesity, chronic liver disease with cirrhosis, cardiomegaly, hypertension, diabetes, and mental health conditions, died suddenly in hospital from cardiac rhythm disturbance. He was admitted to the psych…
41y · Male·unascertained
… disappeared from a remote homestead on the Dampier Peninsula in October 2010. He was last seen exhibiting acute psychosis with auditory hallucinations and paranoid delusions about evil spirits and bush men. Despite an …
41y · Male·ligature strangulation
…sability, autism spectrum disorder, and psychosis died by ligature strangulation using his shoelaces in an acute mental health unit. He had been admitted involuntarily following escalating self-harm threats and dangerou…
Male·David Gurralpa: sudden heart attack (coronary atherosclerosis with long-standing…
…int asphyxia following police restraint in hospital while awaiting psychiatric assessment. Both men became acutely agitated during restraint and ceased struggling suddenly, which should have triggered immediate medical …
54y · Female·unascertainable
… 2011 after reporting suicidal ideation and three suicide attempts. She presented with signs of psychotic illness including bizarre behaviour, religious ideation, and visual phenomena, but was not prescribed antipsychot…
28y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a fall from height
…rom custody on an Inpatient Assessment Order (IAO) and should have been transferred to Northern Hospital's mental health inpatient unit, but was diverted to Sunshine Hospital's ED due to Victoria Police resourcing constr…
27y · Male·Gunshot wound to the chest fired by Sergeant Matthew Gale of the Australian Fede…
Nathan Doherty, aged 27, died from a gunshot wound inflicted by AFP Sergeant Matthew Gale during a mental health crisis. Nathan had a long history of depression, anxiety, and alcohol abuse, with two prior suicide…
45y · Female·Type 2 respiratory failure and aspiration pneumonia on a background of end-stage…
… to alternative care settings. Palliative care was appropriately initiated given her terminal respiratory illness and poor prognosis. The coroner found no deficiency in her hospital care. The case highlights the challen…
60y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
A 60-year-old man with schizophrenia and depression presented to Maroondah Hospital ED with acute psychotic symptoms after stopping his antipsychotic medication (trifluoperazine) due to manufacturer disco…
Multiple stab wounds to chest (David Gerard: stab wound to chest piercing heart;…
Joint inquest into two homicides by individuals with schizophrenia who were managed by mental health services. Anthony Butler stabbed David Gerard in 2001 after being discharged from Glenside Hospital…
59y · Female·Unable to determine - body too decomposed at autopsy
Mrs Szemes, a 59-year-old woman with longstanding mental health issues living alone, was found deceased after an interval of approximately 5 months. On 28 May 2018…
41y · Male·Pheniramine toxicity
…aving erratically, his presentation—agitation, disorientation, unsteady gait—was incorrectly attributed to mental illness rather than drug toxicity. Clinical lessons include: the diagnostic difficulty in distinguishing d…
47y · Male·Unascertained; most likely cardiac arrhythmia possibly triggered by obstructive …
David Horne, a 47-year-old man with bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and severe obstructive sleep apnoea, died suddenly at Maroondah Hospital while under compulsory psychiatric treatment. He experienced two ep…
2y · Female·drowning
A 2-year-old child died by drowning at her home in September 2016. Her mother was suffering from acute psychosis and had stopped taking antipsychotic medication days before the death. Critical failures occurre…
88y · Female·sepsis of unknown origin
An 88-year-old woman with multi-infarct dementia and behavioural disturbance was detained under the Mental Health Act following assault of her GP. She presented with abdominal symptoms and deteriorating vital sign…
27y · Male·Cardiac arrest due to cardiac arrhythmia triggered by prone restraint (some of w…
…Peachey, a 27-year-old First Nations man, died in custody following a police-initiated restraint during an acute psychotic episode. Over preceding days, his family repeatedly sought mental health intervention. On 20 May…
47y · Male·combined acute effects of multiple drugs in obese man with enlarged heart and ar…
…t-resistant schizophrenia, substance use disorder, and antisocial personality disorder, died from combined acute effects of multiple drugs (methylamphetamine, quetiapine, propranolol) in the context of obesity, hyperten…
48y · Male·Multiple injuries consistent with a jump from a height (14 storeys); broken neck…
…ssion flat in Carlton, Melbourne, on 15 December 2007. The coroner found he intentionally jumped during an acute psychiatric relapse. The incident was preceded by increasingly agitated and aggressive behaviour, includin…
29y · Male·Hanging
…wing service of a Family Violence Intervention Order application. He had a documented history of untreated mental illness with frequent suicidal ideation, suspected ADHD, and repeated self-harm behaviour during family vi…
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