273 results for “acute mental illness”
37y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (driver)
…d on a rural road in good conditions; the truck driver was blameless. Clinical lessons include recognising acute suicide risk in bereaved individuals, particularly those with existing mental health conditions and caregi…
78y · Male·Acute pancreatitis
A 78-year-old man with a long history of mental illness and multiple chronic physical conditions died from acute pancreatitis on 12 May 2025, nine days af…
55y · Male·Cardiopulmonary arrest, respiratory failure and chronic obstructive airways dise…
…l abuse, died from cardiopulmonary arrest and respiratory failure. He was admitted involuntarily under the Mental Health Act in July 2010 and transferred to a Prevention and Recovery Care unit. His condition deteriorated…
39y · Female·pulmonary thromboembolism due to deep vein thrombosis and sepsis due to pyelonep…
…ed ovarian cancer, bilateral pulmonary emboli, and a chronically infected left kidney. She was placed on a Mental Health Act treatment order due to schizophrenia relapse complicated by delirium. The coroner found the sup…
39y · Male·respiratory failure and cardiac arrest
…dministration. Despite these serious findings suggesting respiratory compromise, he was transferred to the mental health ward where acute medical support was unavailable. During admission processes there, he was placed i…
41y · Male·Incised injury to the neck
Pedro Arcos-Vazquez, a 41-year-old man with a history of depression, was killed by a boardhouse resident with a psychiatric history. The resident had been discharged from a Community Treatment Order (CTO) on 27 October 2…
42y · Male·hanging, an action taken by himself with the intention of ending his life
A 42-year-old man with acute psychosis was hospitalised for 26 days and discharged from a psychiatric facility to an isolated rural isl…
87y · Female·Sepsis
…art failure, and cerebrovascular disease died of sepsis on an aged psychiatry unit. She was admitted under mental health legislation following behavioural deterioration. On 11 March, she was diagnosed with urinary tract …
92y · Male·pulmonary thromboembolic disease on a background of infective exacerbation of ch…
…iratory infection. He was admitted after a fall at home, became agitated and confused, and was placed on a Mental Health Act inpatient treatment order to facilitate medical care. A lung clot was diagnosed but he deterior…
20y · Male·Ligature Compression of the Neck (Hanging)
…Hospital on 13 November 1998. He was admitted involuntarily after assaulting his brother and father whilst acutely psychotic. Despite appropriate antipsychotic medication and close observation during his 3-day admission…
79y · Male·myocardial infarction
…iabetes, peripheral vascular disease) was admitted to hospital with anorexia and weight loss. He developed acute confusion and delirium, initially refusing vascular intervention for gangrenous toes. He was detained unde…
20y · Male·Head injury
…nxiety-depression diagnosed in May 2008 (referrals not pursued), stress over pending university exams, and acute stress from the vehicle impoundment. The coroner determined this was an intentional act despite no obvious…
41y · Male·Acute liver failure with contributing Castleman's disease
A 41-year-old Aboriginal man with HIV and Castleman's disease died from acute liver failure while on home detention. He had variable compliance with antiretroviral therapy, exacerbated…
26y · Female·multiple injuries sustained as a result of being struck by a motor vehicle on th…
A 26-year-old woman with schizo-affective disorder, detained under the Mental Health Act, absconded from a psychiatric hospital and was fatally struck by a vehicle on a freeway. Clinic…
21y · Male·unascertained
…o optimal care was absence of specialized facilities for patients with his complex constellation of severe mental illness, intellectual disability, and challenging behavioral needs.
38y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
…5% left anterior descending coronary artery narrowing, died during police restraint. He had absconded from mental health detention at Noarlunga Health Service after being detained by Dr J. at the Adaire Clinic on 22 Augu…
84y · Female·Multisystem organ failure related to complications from a fall resulting in hip …
…cia O'Connor, 84-year-old woman with bipolar disorder, was admitted involuntarily to Sunshine Aged Persons Mental Health Unit on 15 August 2017 during a manic relapse. On 25 August, she fell and fractured her right femur…
30y · Male·Acute Cardiac Dysrhythmia of Uncertain Aetiology
…vanni Mario Franco, a 30-year-old man with schizophrenia, died on 10 March 1998 at Graylands Hospital from acute cardiac dysrhythmia of uncertain aetiology. During his final admission in February 1998, he developed seve…
80y · Male·asphyxia due to choking on food
Robert Mather, 80, died from asphyxia due to choking on food while hospitalised with acute psychosis, severe malnutrition, iron deficiency anaemia and urinary retention. He had schizophrenia with 4…
41y · Male·acute neck compression due to hanging
… hanging between 7 June and 5 July 2007, shortly after discharge from hospital on leave of absence under a Mental Health Act continuing detention order. He had a 20-year history of schizoaffective disorder requiring ongo…
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