867 results for “anxiety”
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 menta…
21y · Female·Compression of the neck secondary to hanging
…November 2021 at her home in Kyabram, Victoria. She had complex mental health conditions including CPTSD, anxiety, depression, OCD, and personality disorder traits, with a history of chronic suicidality, self-harm, and …
50y · Female·mixed tablet overdosage (quetiapine and venlafaxine with codeine)
…a progressive mental health decline. After work-related stress in late 2002, she developed depression and anxiety. While individual clinicians provided reasonable care, the coroner identified critical system failures: l…
8y · Male·Suffocation
…ffocation at the hands of his mother, Ms Finch, on 8 March 2018. Ms Finch had a history of depression and anxiety, experiencing significant deterioration in mental health following her grandmother's death in July 2017. …
59y · Female·Gunshot injuries to the head
…ose the domestic violence to her treating psychiatrist. The psychiatric sessions addressed body image and anxiety issues rather than relationship trauma or family violence. Mr Bracken was acquitted of murder on grounds …
61y · Male·congestive cardiac failure due to cardiomegaly with left ventricular hypertrophy
…erol presented to his GP with shortness of breath for 4-5 days and tachycardia (HR 120). The GP diagnosed anxiety instead of cardiac failure, failed to ask critical discriminating questions (e.g., orthopnoea), and presc…
49y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction due to coronary artery atherosclerosis with thrombus
A 49-year-old man with significant cardiac risk factors (smoking, hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolaemia, family history) presented to his GP with retrosternal chest pain two days before death. The GP diagnosed in…
23y · Female·Multiple injuries received in a deliberate motor vehicle collision
… on 28 May 2020. Booth had been experiencing significant mental health issues including depression, PTSD, anxiety and panic disorder. He had been prescribed multiple antidepressants with poor compliance. Two days before…
29y · Male·Incised injury to the neck
…ion sustained during acute behavioural disturbance in August 2018. He had diagnosed major depression with anxiety, prescribed mirtazapine but attended only two psychology sessions. In the weeks before death, his behavio…
15y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy complicating cardiac arrest in the setting of b…
…rning points: (1) the Vienna GP performed no physical examination before prescribing Lorazepam for travel anxiety, missing signs of serious illness; (2) staff focused on homesickness rather than escalating medical conce…
14y · Male·head injuries when struck by a train
Mikael Rohan, a 14-year-old with a history of separation anxiety, attachment disorder, and sleep disturbance, died after stepping in front of a train on 16 November 2010.…
48y · Male·unascertained
Robb Thomas Lawson, a 48-year-old man with a long history of mental illness including depression, anxiety, paranoia and multiple suicide attempts, disappeared in July 2007 after declining psychiatric care. He ha…
33y · Female·hanging
A 33-year-old woman with significant history of mental health issues, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation and prior suicide attempts died by hanging while highly intoxicated (BAC 0.183g/100mL)…
23y · Male·combined drug toxicity (oxymorphone, benzodiazepines, codeine, and morphine) in …
…pines, codeine, and morphine) in the setting of sarcoidosis. He had a long history of substance abuse and anxiety disorder, treated with benzodiazepines and antidepressants by multiple clinicians. Despite psychiatric an…
16y · Female·Plastic bag asphyxia
A 16-year-old girl with a history of suicidal ideation and self-harm died by plastic bag asphyxia using argon gas purchased from a hardware store. She had been seeing a psychologist who noted improvement in her mental he…
19y · Male·mixed drug toxicity (methadone and diazepam)
…ular user of illicit substances and prescription medications obtained without medical supervision. He had anxiety managed by a GP with Zoloft, but missed follow-up appointments. On the evening of 9 July 2018, he obtaine…
52y · Male·Gunshot wound to the chest
…Angus, a 52-year-old veteran with severe alcohol use disorder, major depressive disorder, and generalised anxiety disorder, died from a gunshot wound inflicted by Queensland Police during a welfare check on 21 April 202…
50y · Female·Hanging
Jacinta Dwyer, a newly appointed magistrate with limited criminal law experience, developed severe anxiety and depression within months of taking office in February 2017. Despite supportive interventions from sen…
29y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (heroin and methamphetamine)
…ed drug toxicity. He had suffered a work-related back injury leading to opioid dependence, complicated by anxiety and panic attacks. Although engaged with psychological and drug and alcohol counselling services, and mai…
63y · Female·Insulin overdose (suicide)
… and counsellor saw no suicidal ideation and colleagues provided good support, the combination of inquest anxiety, relationship concerns with her husband, and weight loss likely contributed to her decision to end her li…
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