238 results for “post-traumatic stress”
45y · Male·unascertained
…of death. Key clinical lesson: the rapid discharge of a high-risk patient with severe ongoing psychosocial stressors after only 48 hours, despite ongoing suicidal ideation and significant risk factors, may warrant recons…
64y · Male·Pneumonia secondary to ischaemic cerebrovascular incidents, hypertension, and at…
Yan Jin, a 64-year-old man with history of stroke, hypertension, and atrial fibrillation, was admitted to hospital after a witnessed fall from bed. Despite no fractures, he remained hospitalised for discharge planning gi…
47y · Female·Multiple injuries from being struck by a train; death determined to be suicide
…, after receiving her first depot injection, the patient presented to her private psychiatrist extremely distressed with suicidal thoughts. His attempts to arrange voluntary hospital admission via ICCMHS resulted in mutu…
27y · Male·traumatic injuries and/or drowning from jumping from Tasman Bridge
A 27-year-old Iranian asylum seeker died by suicide after jumping from Tasman Bridge. He had a complex psychiatric history including depression, anxiety, and adjustment disorder, with multiple self-harm episodes. His sec…
38y · Male·gunshot wounds to the chest
Warren Matthew Simon, a 38-year-old Awabakal man with a history of substance abuse, mental health issues, and extensive criminal convictions, died from gunshot wounds to the chest after police attended a break-in at 80 B…
42y · Male·Complications post polypharmacy toxicity
Gregory Sedgman, aged 42, died from polypharmacy toxicity after consuming excessive prescription medications at a post-sentence supervision residential facility. He had deliberately accumulated medications despite a seiz…
5y · Male·unascertained
A 5-year-old boy and his sister (3 years old) and mother were killed by their father between 28-29 April 2012 in their Glen Waverley home. The father, who had experienced cognitive impairment and mood changes following a…
50y · Female·Combined drug toxicity in a woman with tension pneumothorax
Suzanne Evans, aged 50, died from combined drug toxicity in the setting of tension pneumothorax. She had a history of alcohol dependence, depression, and borderline personality disorder. Following an argument with her pa…
43y · Male·methylamphetamine and heroin toxicity
A 43-year-old man died from methylamphetamine and heroin toxicity while on home detention bail. He had a complex psychiatric history including depression, psychosis, PTSD, and polysubstance use disorder, with previous su…
53y · Female·Unintentional mixed prescription drug toxicity (morphine and diazepam) together …
Anna Maree Parsons, aged 53, died from unintentional mixed prescription drug toxicity (morphine and diazepam) combined with advanced lung disease from heavy smoking. She consumed morphine (Ordine) supplied by a friend wi…
49y · Female·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating cardiac arrest due to pulmonary th…
A 49-year-old woman with morbid obesity, obstructive sleep apnoea, and psychiatric history was admitted following deliberate medication overdose. She was intubated, managed in ICU, then transferred to the ward where she …
40y · Female·acute right-sided congestive heart failure (cor pulmonale) resulting from intrav…
Kaylene Mundy, aged 40, died from acute right-sided congestive heart failure (cor pulmonale) caused by intravenous injection of crushed alprazolam tablets. She had a long history of opioid and polysubstance abuse, with r…
28y · Female·compression of the neck and hanging
28-year-old Bridget Flack, a transgender woman experiencing complex mental health issues including depression, anxiety, borderline personality disorder and PTSD, died by suicide in December 2020 after becoming increasing…
43y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (methadone, synthetic cannabinoids (5f-cumyl-pinaca and cumy…
Shayn Darmanin, a 43-year-old man with epilepsy, died from mixed drug toxicity involving methadone, synthetic cannabinoids, olanzapine, and duloxetine. He had a significant history of substance abuse, family violence off…
35y · Male·The medical cause of death is unknown
Gregory Hutchings, a 35-year-old man with longstanding depression and anxiety, received outpatient treatment from GP Dr S. and psychologist Sandra Lundbergs throughout 2013. His mental health deteriorated significantly f…
40y · Female·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Petra Michelle Marquis, a 40-year-old woman with a documented history of mental health issues including depression, anxiety, PTSD, and borderline personality disorder, died by suicide while in police custody after being …
54y · Male·asphyxia due to hanging
…ent due to concerns about medication-seeking behaviour and dishonesty about drug use. The patient became distressed at losing his GP but was offered alternative practices. The coroner found no clinical failures: the GP's…
23y · Female·Multiple injuries received in a deliberate motor vehicle collision
…ing Booth's bandmates to confront them about their behaviour towards him, which appeared to escalate his distress. The coroner concluded Booth deliberately caused the collision while in a distressed and desperate state, …
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 reconciled with her es…
45y · Male·Hanging
PF, aged 45, died by hanging in custody at South Coast Correctional Centre following bail refusal and adverse legal advice. The coroner found his death was intentional self-harm. Although PF had a significant history of …
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