148 results for “bipolar affective disorder”
50y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Matthew Francis Leach, a 50-year-old man with longstanding alcohol dependence, depression, and a history of suicide attempts, died by ligature hanging in his cell at Hakea Prison shortly after being sentenced to 12 month…
61y · Female·aspiration pneumonia
A 61-year-old woman with intellectual disability, wheelchair-bound, and living in supported accommodation died from aspiration pneumonia following community-acquired pneumonia treated in July 2016. She was discharged, th…
64y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with multiple comorbidities
…ic failures or preventable errors were identified. Key lessons include early identification of swallowing disorders in vulnerable populations and ongoing monitoring during functional decline, though the death appears ine…
64y · Female·fatal cardiac arrhythmia in a lady with obstructed sleep apnoea, obesity and suf…
A 64-year-old woman with bipolar disorder, severe obstructive sleep apnoea, obesity and diabetes presented with acute psychotic relapse fo…
32y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (methadone, oxycodone, desmethylvenlafaxine, quetiapine, ola…
Liana Pickup, a 32-year-old woman with complex mental illness (bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, schizoaffective disorder), chronic back pain, and substance de…
68y · Female·Sepsis (palliated)
Ms Eddolls, a 68-year-old woman with intellectual disability and complex medical conditions, died from sepsis secondary to pressure ulcers while in specialist disability accommodation. She developed sacral and heel press…
42y · Male·Upper airway obstruction (choking) in an obese man with atherosclerotic heart di…
Andre Walter Bond, a 42-year-old man with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, Asperger's syndrome, and severe obesity, died from upper airway obstruction (choking) on food …
25y · Male·immersion in water (drowning)
…ia on 7 July 2019 and is presumed drowned. He had a history of mental health issues (anxiety, depression, bipolar affective disorder) but was assessed as psychiatrically well in January 2019 and discharged from mental h…
66y · Male·Cardiac hypertrophy and coronary artery disease secondary to obesity (WHO Class …
Glenn Cook, a 66-year-old man with moderate intellectual disability living in Specialist Disability Accommodation, died from cardiac hypertrophy and coronary artery disease secondary to obesity and hypercholesterolaemia.…
52y · Male·atherosclerotic and hypertensive heart disease
Stephen Thomas Oxley, a 52-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder managed on a Community Treatment Order, died of atherosclerotic and hypertensive heart disease.…
53y · Male·Complications of hypoxic brain injury secondary to mixed drug toxicity (methylam…
BT, a 53-year-old man with substance use disorder and mental health conditions, died from complications of hypoxic brain injury secondary to mixed drug tox…
22y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
…aged 22, died by suicide on 3 November 2020 while subject to a Community Treatment Order (CTO) for Schizoaffective Disorder. He presented with first-episode psychosis in 2017 and repeatedly refused antipsychotic medicat…
62y · Female·multiple self-inflicted stab wounds to the neck, thorax and abdomen
Rita Sally Greer, aged 62, died from multiple self-inflicted stab wounds while experiencing a severe psychotic episode. She had schizophrenia with documented poor medication compliance since 1990. On 10 September 2007, s…
79y · Female·Combined Effects of Neck Compression and Haemothorax in the Setting of a Fractur…
…an with complex medical history including ischaemic heart disease, chronic airways disease, seizures, and bipolar affective disorder, died from neck compression and haemothorax when she became wedged between her mattres…
27y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision
A 27-year-old woman under the influence of alcohol and methylamphetamine deliberately drove her van head-on into oncoming traffic on Forrest Highway, resulting in her death. Police had attempted to intercept her for dang…
0y · Female·unascertained
A nine-month-old First Nations child (Baby Q) was killed by her psychotic father in November 2018. The family, transient and homeless, were known to child protection and police in NSW and Queensland with complex mental h…
63y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of functional decline in a man with an intel…
A 63-year-old man with intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, dysphagia, and COPD died from aspiration pneumonia following functional decline. He had a three-month hospital admission with multiple complications includi…
28y · Female·methadone toxicity
A 28-year-old woman with a history of mental illness and substance use disorder died from methadone toxicity five days after recommencing methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) after a fou…
Male·non-specific interstitial pneumonia
Simon John Sharpe, a sentenced prisoner with incurable non-specific interstitial pneumonia, died on 30 June 2017 at Fiona Stanley Hospital from progression of his lung disease. Throughout his 17-month imprisonment, Sharp…
36y · Male·Gunshot wound to the forehead
A 36-year-old man with a 10-year history of forensic mental health order died by gunshot wound during a siege after police arrived to enforce psychiatric hospitalisation. The coroner found mental health care was appropri…
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