1,924 results for “depression”
70y · Male·Unknown cause; presumed drowning but sudden medical event cannot be excluded
…syndrome, disappeared after being dropped at Swanbourne Beach on 22 March 2022. He had been experiencing depression following his mother's death in August 2021 and financial difficulties with a failed property purchase. …
71y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
…ients with multiple comorbidities, chronic pain, and mobility limitations require careful monitoring for depression and suicidality. Regular GP visits did not identify suicide risk. Family members noted concerning statem…
45y · Male·hanging
A 45-year-old man with a history of depression, suicidal ideation, and alcohol misuse was admitted to Spencer Clinic following a medication overdose su…
19y · Male·Hanging (intentional suicide)
…uke Mataku Tera, a 19-year-old of Maori descent who died by hanging on 1 May 2007. Duke had a history of depression, substance abuse, anger management issues, and previous suicide attempts. He was under supervision by th…
43y · Female·neck compression due to hanging
A 43-year-old woman with longstanding depression and previous suicidal ideation presented to Emergency Department twice within 14 days and was referred t…
27y · Female·neck compression (suicide by hanging)
Jandy Renia Shea, 27, died by suicide by hanging on 4 March 2018 after a history of depression, anxiety, and previous suicide attempts following childhood sexual assault at age 16. She had recently r…
8y · Male·Suffocation
…oy, died by suffocation at the hands of his mother, Ms Finch, on 8 March 2018. Ms Finch had a history of depression and anxiety, experiencing significant deterioration in mental health following her grandmother's death i…
68y · Male·traumatic brain injury due to a gunshot wound to the head
A 68-year-old man with history of depression, heavy smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, and prior bowel cancer shot himself fatally with a licens…
Female·Hanging
…s a woman with a long history of heroin abuse, benzodiazepine misuse, and mental health issues including depression and psychotic behaviour. She received treatment for opiate dependence at North Yarra Community Health bu…
19y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity, with morphine (from poppy seeds) and dextromethorphan (from…
…nclude the danger of combining depressant substances, the critical importance of recognizing respiratory depression signs, and the need for public education about poppy seed toxicity.
33y · Male·Injuries sustained in fall from height
…ed in a fall from a cliff at Buckleys Road, Allansford, Victoria. He had a history of chronic back pain, depression, insomnia, and occasional marijuana use. His GP last saw him three days before death discussing pain man…
6y · Female·Effects of fire
…or vehicle on 24 March 2022. Her mother Jasmine Thomas was experiencing significant relationship stress, depression, and evidence of coercive control by her husband. Thomas had reported emotional abuse, social isolation,…
69y · Female·Drowning
…h, there was evidence of deteriorating mental health including reported paranoid behaviour, anxiety, and depression documented in her GP records. However, the coroner could not definitively establish whether her entry in…
37y · Male·Drowning (most likely cause, though coroner unable to definitively exclude hypot…
…hile attempting to retrieve a dilapidated dinghy from rocky shoreline near his home. He had a history of depression treated with medication and psychiatric care, and had spoken of suicide to acquaintances. He was also a …
29y · Male·Incised injury to the neck
… a neck laceration sustained during acute behavioural disturbance in August 2018. He had diagnosed major depression with anxiety, prescribed mirtazapine but attended only two psychology sessions. In the weeks before deat…
20y · Male·hanging
BK was a 20-year-old male with a history of depression diagnosed in 2015 who died by hanging in May 2018. He was a regular user of alcohol and cannabis with in…
31y · Male·Multidrug overdose including heroin
LP, a 31-year-old man with depression, severe anxiety, and substance use disorder, died from multidrug overdose including heroin. He had long-…
43y · Male·Pneumonia
…ervations ceased after 10 December. He was found unresponsive at 12:20pm on 11 December with respiratory depression. Post-mortem confirmed pneumonia with combined toxic drug effects and psychiatric illness as contributin…
47y · Male·Extensive burns sustained in a deliberately set fire
… deliberately set house fire on 29 November 2020. He had experienced a relationship breakdown and severe depression with suicidal ideation. He presented to hospital twice in the preceding weeks with suicidal thoughts, wa…
41y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
…ts, aged 41, died by ligature compression (hanging) in Hakea Prison on 24 June 2019. He had pre-existing depression and anxiety treated with citalopram. A prison doctor referred him to the Mental Health Team (MHT) on 7 M…
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