151 results for “paranoid psychosis”
48y · Female·Head injury
Frances May Cooper, a 48-year-old woman with chronic paranoid schizophrenia, died from head injuries after being struck by a train on 30 October 2011 while on unescort…
50y · Male·upper airway obstruction (choking) from tissue paper
Richard Anthony Boros, a 50-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia, died from upper airway obstruction (asphyxiation) after intentionally swallowing a dense b…
49y · Male·pneumonia, hypoxic brain injury and cardiac arrest
…lirium following emergency anterior resection for perforated diverticulum. He became acutely agitated and paranoid, was detained under mental health order, and shackled to bed. After freeing himself and being restrained …
33y · Male·sharp force injuries of the neck
Malcolm Brown, a 33-year-old Aboriginal man with a history of methamphetamine use, mental health crisis, and self-harm threats, died from sharp force injuries to his neck on 29 June 2022 following a NSW Police operation.…
34y · Male·Long drop hanging resulting in complete decapitation
… 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 suicidal idea…
Unknown·Injuries sustained in violent attack by Antony Waterlow (stab wounds caused by k…
… by Antony Waterlow, Nicholas's son and Chloe's brother, in November 2009. Antony suffered from untreated paranoid schizophrenia, characterized by persecutory delusions, auditory hallucinations, and severe aggression dir…
20y · Male·pulmonary oedema due to acute on chronic heart failure resulting from dothiepin …
A 20-year-old man died from pulmonary oedema due to acute-on-chronic heart failure resulting from dothiepin overdose. He had complex mental health and substance use issues dating back to age 16. He was prescribed dothiep…
38y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Mark Quenton Fleury, a 38-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia, died by suicide on 14 February 2016 while subject to a Community Treatment Order. In the f…
25y · Male·multiple injuries sustained in aircraft crash
Bryan G (Abel Dallos), a 25-year-old man with longstanding paranoid schizophrenia and treatment resistance, died in an aircraft crash after stealing an unlocked Piper Warrio…
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…
53y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Gregory Laurence Hunt, a 53-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia, died by suicide at Graylands Hospital while an involuntary patient. He hanged himself using a shower hose in a bathroom on an open ward. The coroner fo…
40y · Female·The medical cause of death was unable to be determined. Manner of death: uninten…
Christine Young, a 40-year-old Aboriginal woman with paranoid schizophrenia, absconded from a locked mental health inpatient unit and walked into desert scrubland wher…
77y · Female·Asphyxia from manual strangulation and smothering
Margaret Nicol Foran, aged 77, was killed by her son while he was experiencing an acute psychotic episode at her home in Launceston, Tasmania, between 22-23 April 2012. The cause of death was asphyxia from manual strangu…
34y · Male·gunshot injuries to the torso
… fatally shot by police on 1 May 2020 after stabbing multiple people at a shopping centre while in acute psychosis. He had been non-compliant with depot antipsychotic medication for four months following his discharge f…
32y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a fall from a height
…ourne. In the early hours of 24 November, his father called triple zero reporting Adam was psychotic with paranoid delusions. Victoria Police officers assessed Adam using section 351 Mental Health Act and concluded he di…
26y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (driver)
Jason Govan, 26-year-old fitter and turner, was killed in a high-speed head-on collision on the Princes Freeway when the opposing driver, suffering untreated schizophrenia and other mental health conditions, drove the wr…
20y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Devan Ginbey, a 20-year-old with longstanding mental health issues including depression, psychosis, ADHD, and substance abuse, presented to Peel ED on 12 January 2022 with self-harm and active suicidal i…
29y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
…h 2023 with acute psychotic symptoms including auditory and visual hallucinations, bizarre behaviour, and paranoid ideation following return from Bali. He was triaged as ATS 3 and assigned a 30-minute target, but faced a…
72y · Male·Cranial fracture and intracranial haemorrhage from self-inflicted fall
… incident could not have been reasonably prevented. The case highlights the challenges of managing acute psychosis with severe agitation and self-harm risk in involuntary patients, and the importance of continued close …
22y · Male·Multiple injuries caused when the vehicle he was driving collided with a tree
…icle crash while fleeing psychiatric care, having been recently diagnosed with methylamphetamine-induced psychosis. Key clinical issues identified: (1) communication breakdown between psychiatrist Dr G. and father Wayne…
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