304 results for “chronic suicide risk”
Unknown·Electrocution
…prognosis of months to live. He declined palliative treatment to continue caring for his wife EG, who had chronic paranoid schizophrenia managed without medication despite psychiatric care. Concerned about EG facing inv…
31y · Female·drowning, deliberately self-inflicted with intention of ending life
Maria Rebekah Wright, a 31-year-old woman with severe borderline personality disorder and chronic suicidality, died by drowning at Howrah Beach, Tasmania on 14 August 2017. She had been discharged from R…
55y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a train incident
…station on 23 September 2022. The coroner concluded she intentionally took her own life. While Andrea had chronic suicidal ideation, her treating clinicians found no obvious warning signs of imminent risk; she consisten…
78y · Male·unascertained
…ath remain undetermined. Contributing factors included his age, poor health (heart failure, hypertension, chronic alcoholism with depression), recent adverse life changes (forced relocation, reduced autonomy, family ten…
41y · Male·Effects of Fire
Mark Robert Scott, a 41-year-old man with chronic pain, substance addiction, and recent depressive illness, was admitted to Frankston Hospital on 15 July 2…
50y · Male·Single, contact-range shotgun discharge to the head
…lo Gusman, a 50-year-old man, died from a self-inflicted shotgun wound after killing his wife in a murder-suicide. His death followed a workplace back injury that caused him significant psychological distress, loss of i…
71y · Male·Plastic bag asphyxia and argon gas inhalation
A 71-year-old man with metastatic bladder cancer, chronic renal failure, and recent dialysis initiation deliberately ended his life using argon gas inhalation. Ove…
67y · Male·Ligature Compression of the Neck (Hanging)
…e ward of Joondalup Health Campus on 19 December 2003. He had a long history of depression exacerbated by chronic pain from a 2000 motor vehicle accident, and required multiple psychiatric admissions. On 18 December 200…
38y · Male·acute on chronic right hemisphere subdural haematoma
Martin Towns, 38, died from acute-on-chronic subdural haematoma after a fall while severely intoxicated on 30 December 2015. He had a chronic subdural…
21y · Male·upper airway obstruction and plastic bag asphyxia
…e coroner found his death was potentially preventable due to systemic clinical and management failures in suicide and self-harm (SASH) risk assessment. Despite completion of a two-month psychiatric assessment showing ch…
73y · Male·UNASCERTAINED
A 73-year-old man with significant medical comorbidities (hypertension, chronic renal failure, depression) was found deceased in Port Phillip Bay. He had recently commenced dialysis aft…
34y · Male·head and neck trauma (train impact)
Simon MacQueen, a 34-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia and recurrent suicidality, died by stepping in front of a train on 15 December 2008. He had…
65y · Male·Exact cause undetermined; likely drowning, injury, or medical emergency while sa…
…ermined he died between these dates, likely from drowning, injury, or medical emergency at sea. Keith had chronic lung disease, hypertension, and chronic pain, and was not wearing safety equipment despite hazardous cond…
29y · Female·global cerebral ischaemic injury in the setting of neck compression
Rebecca Poke, a 29-year-old woman with borderline personality disorder, died by suicide while an inpatient in Ward E of Casey Hospital on 2 September 2015. She had been admitted following a par…
56y · Female·acute pentobarbitone toxicity
…Key clinical lessons include: documentation of discussions with vulnerable patients about substance access; risk assessment in patients with chronic suicidality and recent stressors; examination of medication compliance …
60y · Female·undetermined
Margaret Elizabeth Hills, a 60-year-old woman with chronic pain and depression from a work-related spinal injury, disappeared on 2 February 2010 from her home in Ka…
64y · Female·Combined toxicity to alcohol and baclofen
…e had a 40+ year history of alcohol dependency, borderline personality disorder, depression, and multiple suicide attempts. Baclofen was prescribed off-label for alcohol craving management by her psychiatrist in January…
45y · Male·gunshot wound to the neck
Matthew Rosewarne, a 45-year-old man with chronic alcohol use disorder and recent relationship breakdown, was found dead in his shed with a gunshot wound t…
84y · Male·Overdose of prescription morphine (Ordine oral morphine liquid), self-administer…
…ed morphine liquid with dosing instructions. The following day he ingested a lethal dose, leaving a typed suicide note expressing concerns about becoming a burden and loss of independence. His family had no warning sign…
34y · Female·multiple blunt force injuries
Camilla Margolis, 34, died by suicide at Echo Point Lookout in the Blue Mountains hours after discharge from mental health inpatient care. She …
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