214 results for “major depressive disorder”
Female·multiple injuries due to a fall from height (suicide by jumping from multi-store…
A woman with major depressive disorder and psychotic features died by suicide at a shopping centre car park on 21 September 2…
51y · Male·gunshot wound to the chest
Andrew Chee Quee, 51, died from a gunshot wound sustained during a police confrontation at Bay Street, Rockdale, on 20 April 2020. He had a longstanding history of depression, substance abuse, and suicidal ideation. On t…
38y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
DA was a 38-year-old man who died from mixed drug toxicity involving sedating medications and alcohol. He had longstanding severe anxiety and became dependent on codeine and benzodiazepines, initially obtained from multi…
32y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to hanging
Chloe Jane Campbell, aged 32, died by suicide while an involuntary inpatient with borderline personality disorder, complex PTSD, and chronic suicidal ideation. She was admitted 18-30 April 2019 after ceasing medications…
48y · Male·Hanging
Duncan Sparke, a 48-year-old man with a history of suicidal ideation and depression, absconded from a locked psychiatric unit at The Alfred Hospital on 24 April 2017 while subject to a Temporary Treatment Order. He was r…
30y · Male·neck compression from ligature strangulation and possible suspension (hanging)
BG, a 30-year-old Nepalese national in Australia, died by intentional neck compression on 11–12 January 2018. He had previously caused the death of Amelia Blake on 9 January 2018. BG was experiencing multiple severe stre…
79y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
A 79-year-old man with a history of myocardial infarctions, coronary artery bypass graft, schizophrenia, and ischaemic heart disease died of acute cardiac failure while detained in a mental health facility. He had been a…
49y · Male·Hanging
A 49-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder and recurrent depression experienced a relapse while in Tasmania and was referred to a community-based Ac…
70y · Male·Hanging
A 60-year-old man with recent pituitary surgery developed persistent fatigue and depressive symptoms. Despite normal cortisol levels, he remained convinced his symptoms were due to hormonal defici…
64y · Female·Unascertained
A 64-year-old woman with chronic pain from multiple joint replacements, significant depression following her daughter's death in 2006, and long-standing suicidal ideation disappeared from a cruise ship in the Tasman Sea …
20y · Male·hanging
A 20-year-old male with major depressive disorder and melancholic features was admitted to psychiatric hospital on 4 June 2003 under an …
86y · Male·pulmonary embolism following deep vein thrombosis
Rex Rouse, 86, died from pulmonary embolism following deep vein thrombosis while admitted to the psychiatric unit at Launceston General Hospital on 26 May 2020. He was admitted under a Mental Health Act assessment order …
25y · Male·The available evidence does not allow for any finding to be made as to the cause…
Karl Melo-Richards, a 25-year-old man with a long history of depression and suicidal ideation since age 14-15, went missing on 2 September 2016. Despite extensive police investigations and searches, his body was never fo…
Female·hanging (suicide)
Ms G, a woman in her forties with bipolar II disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, and severe alcohol dependence, died by suicide in November 2014. She had b…
27y · Male·traumatic injuries and/or drowning from jumping from Tasman Bridge
…ng from Tasman Bridge. He had a complex psychiatric history including depression, anxiety, and adjustment disorder, with multiple self-harm episodes. His second psychiatric hospital admission for treatment-resistant depr…
72y · Female·Pneumonia as a consequence of chronic obstructive airway disease
Ms Vigor-Newitt, a 72-year-old woman in prison, died from pneumonia complicated by chronic obstructive airway disease. She had presented with respiratory symptoms on 27 and 29 September 2020 and was appropriately hospita…
33y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (propranolol, oxycodone, diazepam, temazepam, lurasidone, du…
Melissa Arbuckle, a 33-year-old woman, died from mixed drug toxicity (propranolol, oxycodone, diazepam, temazepam, lurasidone, duloxetine) by intentional overdose. She had been convicted of infanticide following her daug…
44y · Male·gunshot wound to the abdomen
…onsistent with audio-visual evidence. Critical issues included Baker's unmonitored mental health (bipolar disorder, PTSD, depression), inadequate fitness-for-duty assessments by police medical officers, and the 3-year de…
76y · Male·exsanguination secondary to pulmonary aortic fistula and thoracic aorta aneurysm…
Allan Phipps was a 76-year-old man with a known thoracic aortic aneurysm and severe depression admitted to Austin Hospital in October 2012 for unstable angina and depression management. His aneurysm, discovered in March …
33y · Female·hanging, self-inflicted with intention of taking her own life
Naomi Watson Ley, a 33-year-old woman with a history of depression and borderline personality disorder, was admitted to Royal North Shore Hospital following suicidal ideation after medication changes (moclobe…
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