95 results for “chronic major depression”
Unknown·Multiple; Kunmanara Ward: neck compression due to hanging; Kunmanara Ken: exposu…
Four Aboriginal individuals died on Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands between May 2003 and March 2004. Ward (19) and Ryan (25) died by hanging with evidence of petrol intoxication. Ken (35) died from exposure after wandering a…
53y · Female·mixed prescription drug toxicity
Deearne Joan Barnes, a 53-year-old woman with complex psychiatric history including depression, OCD, substance abuse disorder, and chronic non-cancer pain, died from mixed prescription drug toxicity …
13y · Male·Self-inflicted (manner recorded as intentionally self-inflicted; specific method…
A 13-year-old boy with depression, migraine, school refusal and family instability died by intentional self-inflicted means. His general p…
50; 37y · Male; male·Mark John Furlan: hypoxic brain injury due to acute neck compression due to hang…
…t orders at Ward 2G of Royal Adelaide Hospital. Mark Furlan (50) died in 2018 after developing psychotic depression with suicidal ideation. The coroner found he should have been under continuous rather than close observa…
Female·multiple injuries from motor vehicle collision (for all five deceased)
Charmaine McLeod died by intentionally driving her vehicle into an oncoming truck, killing herself and her four young children (aged 2-6). She had a longstanding history of complex mental health issues (Borderline Person…
43y · Male·suffocation by plastic bag (Neil Brooks); neck compression due to strangulation …
Two deaths investigated in joint inquest: Tracy Jayne Foster died by strangulation in December 2002; Neil James Brooks, her partner charged with her murder, died by suffocation while on remand in May 2003. The coroner id…
54y · Male·aspiration pneumonia caused by multiple drug toxicity
Paul Lau, aged 54, died from aspiration pneumonia caused by opioid toxicity following ACL reconstruction surgery. The death resulted from a prescribing error where anaesthetist Dr K. inadvertently prescribed a 100mcg/hou…
Male·Kunmanara Ward: neck compression due to hanging; Kunmanara Ken: exposure in cont…
Four separate inquests into the deaths of Kunmanara Ward (19), Kunmanara Ken (35), Kunmanara Ryan (25), and Kunmanara Cooper (27) on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands between May 2003 and March 2004. Three deaths were by h…
25y · Male·hanging
A 25-year-old university student with a complex history of schizoaffective disorder and substance misuse died by hanging during family leave from a mental health ward. He had been stable on depot antipsychotic medication…
28y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained when struck by a freight train
Jacob Taulelei, a 28-year-old man with long-standing depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation, presented to St John of God Hospital on 5 February 2020 expressing inte…
56y · Male·acute pentobarbitone toxicity
Ross Martin, a 56-year-old man with a long history of depression, died from acute pentobarbitone (Nembutal) toxicity obtained online, combined with toxic levels of zopic…
21y · Male·complications of ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
…ration detention, died by suicide on 5 September 2018 after hanging himself. He had a history of trauma, depression, drug abuse, and prior self-harm and overdose attempts. Key clinical lessons include: the failure to mai…
Christopher Salib: ischaemic heart disease with multiple prescription drug toxic…
… concluded existing regulation (Prescription Shopping Program, PBS restrictions) had no meaningful impact. Major recommendations include implementing real-time electronic prescription monitoring including benzodiazepine…
23y · Male·injuries sustained in fall from Tasman Bridge and/or drowning after submersion i…
A 23-year-old man with bipolar disorder, polysubstance dependence, and chronic self-harm died by jumping from the Tasman Bridge hours after psychiatric discharge. Despite two suicide a…
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 occurred: the chil…
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