157 results for “chronic psychosis”
48y · Male·shotgun wound to the head
A 48-year-old Yolngu man with chronic mental illness (schizophrenia) died from a shotgun wound to the head on Elcho Island, NT in April 1990. A…
49y · Male·unascertainable; possible explanations include epileptic seizure, cardiac arrhyt…
Ritchie Gordon, a 49-year-old Aboriginal man with chronic schizophrenia, was a long-term involuntary psychiatric patient at Graylands Hospital who died on 12 July …
30y · Male·Exsanguination due to an incision in the radial vein of his right wrist
Michael David John Nolan, aged 30, died in prison from exsanguination following a self-inflicted laceration to his radial vein. He had complex mental health needs including schizophrenia, acquired brain injury, developme…
44y · Male·intravenous injection of foreign debris (crushed tablets) associated with chroni…
…ised oral consumption at the pharmacy. While Wellington's complex mental health comorbidities (including psychosis, depression, and anxiety) and concurrent psychotropic medications were clinically defensible, the prescr…
48y · Female·Combined drug toxicity (predominantly methadone)
…thorization. She had a long history of mental illness with 18 inpatient admissions between 2016 and 2022, chronic polysubstance use including methamphetamine and alcohol, and was under a Community Treatment Order (CTO) …
28y · Male·heroin toxicity
Elijah Shelley, a 28-year-old with borderline personality disorder, depression, anxiety, and polysubstance abuse, was admitted to Alfred Health following a suspected heroin overdose suicide attempt on 27 October 2008. Un…
36y · Male·Gunshot wound to the forehead
… psychiatric hospitalisation. The coroner found mental health care was appropriate—no objective signs of psychosis were evident on professional assessment in February 2009, though his mother reported concerning behavior…
48y · Male·undetermined
A 48-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder, poorly controlled diabetes, sleep apnoea, obesity and cardiomegaly died unexpectedly at a rural hospital following acute psychotic agitation. He had absconded from a menta…
36y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (suicide by hanging)
A 36-year-old Aboriginal man with cluster B personality disorder, substance abuse, and chronic self-harm risk died by ligature suicide in prison 2 hours after admission. He pleaded guilty to arson cha…
Male·David Gurralpa: sudden heart attack (coronary atherosclerosis with long-standing…
…t following police restraint during a domestic disturbance call. Robert Plasto-Lehner, a 57-year-old with chronic airways disease and heart disease, died of restraint asphyxia following police restraint in hospital whil…
37y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury complicating aspiration of gastric contents
…est. Post-mortem revealed probable alcoholic ketoacidosis with elevated 3-hydroxybutyrate and evidence of chronic alcohol use. She had a documented history of homelessness, substance abuse, and psychiatric illness. Para…
36y · Female·head injury
A 36-year-old woman was killed by a young man with early-onset schizophrenia after a chance encounter. The death resulted from a complex series of missed opportunities in mental healthcare management. Key failures includ…
34y · Male·Long drop hanging resulting in complete decapitation
…ks after discharge from psychiatric admission on a Community Treatment Order. He had a 15-year history of chronic paranoid schizophrenia, chronic polysubstance abuse (marijuana, heroin, amphetamines), and recurrent suic…
81y · Male·Consequences of bowel obstruction
Ronald Turner, an 81-year-old man in lawful custody, died from consequences of bowel obstruction with aspiration pneumonia. He had a history of recurrent sigmoid volvulus despite previous surgery. On 22 January 2020, he …
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 c…
76y · Female·left lower lobe pneumonia complicating metapneumovirus infection
…n at Lyell McEwin Hospital. She had extensive psychiatric history (schizoaffective disorder/bipolar) with chronic mental health admissions, managed at Clements House aged care facility. She developed respiratory symptom…
21y · Female·Neck compression
Kira Shae James, a 21-year-old with psychosis, borderline personality disorder, and eating disorder, died by ligature at Thomas Embling Hospital while…
35y · Male·Unascertained, following autopsy. Likely drowning but circumstances undetermined…
A 35-year-old man with chronic alcohol dependence was admitted to the ED with acute alcohol withdrawal and auditory hallucinations. Desp…
33y · Male·multi-drug toxicity as a result of misadventure
…t. The primary clinical lesson is the extreme difficulty in managing borderline personality disorder with chronic suicidal risk, where hospitalization may reinforce harmful patterns.
22y · Male·Hanging
A 22-year-old man with severe chronic treatment-resistant schizophrenia and substance use disorder died by hanging in prison custody. He had be…
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