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90 results for paranoid_delusions

NSWmental health2022-09-16

Inquest into the death of S B

81y · Male·cardiac arrest following neck compression due to hanging

An 81-year-old man with a history of alcohol dependence, paranoid delusions regarding his wife's infidelity, and possible vascular dementia was admitted to mental health facilities involuntarily after discharging a firea…

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WAcommunity2005-11-04

Inquest into the Death of Sheridan Troy Hilton

42y · Female·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging)

Sheridan Troy Hilton, a 42-year-old woman with a history of depression and substance abuse, died by suicide on 31 August 2003 while in an unwell mental state. She experienced significant psychosocial stressors including …

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NSW2018-07-13

Inquest into the death of Fenika Junior Tautuliu Fenika (Junior Fenika)

24y · Male·Massive blood loss caused by incised wounds of left upper extremity

A 24-year-old man with schizophrenia and psychotic symptoms died from massive blood loss after self-inflicted wrist lacerations in prison custody. He called for help twice via the cell alarm system at 9:17pm and 9:23pm, …

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NThome2013-10-15

Inquest into the death of Gwyyneth Cassiopeia-Roennfeldt

36y · Female·Internal injuries consequent on being stabbed repeatedly by Rocky Manu, a man wi…

Jasmine Roennfeldt, a 36-year-old woman with schizoaffective disorder being treated at a community mental health clinic, died from stab wounds inflicted by her flatmate Rocky Manu, who had paranoid schizophrenia. Rocky h…

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QLD2008-03-17

Waite, Thomas Dion; Huynh, Mieng; Jacobs, James Henry; Gear, James Michael

gunshot wounds; multiple deaths during police interventions with mentally ill in…

Between October 2003 and February 2006, Queensland police shot and killed four young men suffering from severe mental illness during crisis situations. In all four cases, the shootings were legally justified as the offic…

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VIChospital2013-02-22

Finding into death of Domenico Chiodo

33y · Male·Cardio-respiratory arrest in the setting of prone restraint of an agitated obese…

A 33-year-old man with schizophrenia and a forensic history suffered cardio-respiratory arrest during prone restraint in a busy emergency department after his mental health community treatment order was revoked. He was a…

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VIChospital2018-02-28

Finding into death of Samuel Carl Johansen

36y · Male·Multi-organ failure complicating injecting drug use

A 36-year-old man with a 13-year history of schizophrenia and substance abuse was admitted involuntarily to a psychiatric unit on 15 September 2012 after community deterioration. He improved over several weeks and was tr…

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VIChospital2025-01-10

Finding into death of William Thomas Gourley

39y · Male·Effects of fire (self-immolation)

William Gourley, a 39-year-old Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander man with a long history of mental illness, depression, cannabis dependence, and psychosis, presented to the Latrobe Regional Hospital ED on 6 March 202…

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SAmental health2025-04-17

Coroner's Finding: Furlan, Mark John & Miller, Richard John

50; 37y · Male; male·Mark John Furlan: hypoxic brain injury due to acute neck compression due to hang…

Two men died by hanging while detained under inpatient treatment orders at Ward 2G of Royal Adelaide Hospital. Mark Furlan (50) died in 2018 after developing psychotic depression with suicidal ideation. The coroner found…

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SA2021-11-04

Coroner's Finding: Papageorgiou, Theo Nickolas

27y · Male·compression of the neck due to hanging

Theo Papageorgiou, a 27-year-old man with a history of psychotic and manic symptoms since November 2014, was briefly detained under a mental health order in November 2015 but discharged after only six days despite contin…

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