88 results for “acute psychotic illness”
38y · Female·Asphyxiation by plastic bag
Helen Jeffery, aged 38, died by asphyxiation using a plastic bag in Ward GE of Nambour Hospital on 24 March 2005, five days after admission for psychiatric care following a suicide attempt. The coroner found no criminal …
39y · Male·Excited delirium, probably caused by amphetamine toxicity-induced psychosis. Dea…
… died in police custody on 12 June 2009 after a protracted struggle and multiple taser activations. He had acute amphetamine toxicity and was displaying excited delirium—a high-risk medical emergency. Clinical lessons i…
65y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating hanging
… to maintain the ITO, cessation of one-to-one nursing observation, non-implementation of recommended antipsychotic medication, and absence of proper psychiatric follow-up before discharge. Expert evidence confirmed the …
45y · Female·haemorrhage due to traumatic rupture of the liver
…rupture. The coroner found inadequate mental state assessment, failure to recognize suicide risk despite psychotic symptoms and recent serious self-harm, poor documentation, lack of detention despite clear indications, …
27y · Female·hanging
…isorder died by hanging while voluntarily admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit. She had presented with acute suicidality following relationship breakdown and job loss, with two recent suicide attempts including hang…
31y · Male·hanging (self-inflicted)
Darryl Walker, a 31-year-old Aboriginal man with chronic schizophrenia and diabetes, died by hanging in Port Lincoln Prison on 2 June 2003. He had been transferred to an isolated management unit (Unit 7) on 1 June after …
47y · Male·Multiple gunshot wounds; discharged by police officer during enforcement of Comm…
…t Order breach enforcement operation in his home. He had severe, treatment-resistant schizophrenia and was acutely psychotic during the incident. Critical failures occurred throughout: inadequate risk assessment and pla…
30y · Male·Malignant ventricular arrhythmia without myocardial infarction, precipitated by …
…alth follow-up; and parole officer lost contact with him for seven days before death. His prescribed antipsychotic (Zuclopenthixol) dose had been missed, leaving him unmedicated for weeks. Multiple agencies failed coord…
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