173 results for “cannabis abuse disorder”
25y · Female·Neck compression secondary to hanging
…s consistent with assault (fractured vertebra, hand fractures, bruising) and disclosed physical and sexual abuse. Despite these presentations and a high-risk family violence assessment by mental health services, opportu…
29y · Male·hanging
…e Assessment Prison, Nurse T D assigned Casey a P3 rating despite six previous suicide attempts, substance abuse, and schizophrenic symptoms. After self-harm on 29 February, registrar Dr S T urgently requested psychiatr…
20y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Jayden Stafford Bennell, a 20-year-old Aboriginal man and sentenced prisoner at Casuarina Prison, died by ligature compression of the neck (hanging) in a cleaning storeroom on 6 March 2013. He had a complex psychiatric h…
Unknown·Multiple; Kunmanara Ward: neck compression due to hanging; Kunmanara Ken: exposu…
Four Aboriginal individuals died on Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands between May 2003 and March 2004. Ward (19) and Ryan (25) died by hanging with evidence of petrol intoxication. Ken (35) died from exposure after wandering a…
21y · Male·external neck compression due to hanging; intentional self-harm
…hree days after discharge from psychiatric care. He was appropriately assessed and admitted as a mentally disordered person on 3 March following a deliberate overdose of 30 ecstasy and 5 Xanax tablets. Dr N. discharged h…
43y · Male·acute right heart failure (cor pulmonale) complicating foreign body (microcrysta…
A 43-year-old male died from acute right heart failure (cor pulmonale) caused by pulmonary granulomas resulting from intravenous injection of crushed methylphenidate (Ritalin) tablets. The microcrystalline cellulose bind…
20y · Unknown·Traumatic brain damage complicating gunshot wound to the head
…ner had paranoid schizophrenia with antisocial personality traits, poor medication compliance, amphetamine abuse, and morbid jealousy directed at Ms Dinsdale. Despite intensive mental health involvement, threats of viol…
33y · Male·Multiple injuries consequent upon being struck by a truck
Paul Wayne Carter, a 33-year-old Aboriginal man with intellectual disability and mental health history, died on 7 August 2006 after being struck by a truck on the Sturt Highway near Mildura. Victoria Police transported h…
27y · Female·Combined drug toxicity
XY, a 27-year-old woman, died from combined drug toxicity on 21–22 December 2016 at a friend's house in Melbourne. She had a history of opioid use, depression, and anxiety following a violent crime. She was enrolled in r…
17y · Male·Unascertained in the setting of volatile substance abuse
…on 3 July 2017 at the Bert Williams Hostel from a cause unascertained in the setting of volatile substance abuse (chroming Rexona deodorant). He had a history of exposure to family violence, ADHD, mental health concerns…
28y · Male·hanging
A 28-year-old man with treatment-resistant paranoid schizophrenia and substance abuse died by hanging while detained under the Mental Health Act in a closed psychiatric ward. He had chronic au…
11y · Male·unascertained
…artment of Communities had an open child safety investigation due to concerns about his mother's substance abuse, parental capacity, and neglect. The child was returned to his mother's care despite these concerns, with …
Ligature compression of the neck (hanging) in 12 cases; one open finding
…. Common contributing factors included intergenerational trauma, exposure to domestic violence and alcohol abuse, untreated mental health conditions, poor physical health (failure to thrive, recurrent infections), and i…
34y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (ethanol, methadone, diazepam and risperidone)
Cassilla Ellen Dooley, a 34-year-old woman with chronic mental illness and substance dependence, died from mixed drug toxicity involving ethanol, methadone, diazepam, and risperidone at a supported housing facility. She …
Male·Ashton Michael Sunfly: ligature compression of the neck (hanging); Mitchell Nana…
…boriginal Community over a 24-month period: four suicides by hanging and one death from volatile substance abuse. The suicide rate in Balgo was more than 100 times the state average, constituting a cluster. The four sui…
20y · Male·gunshot wound to the chest
A 20-year-old man with borderline personality disorder, who had made over 25 suicide attempts in the two years prior, died from a gunshot wound sustained during…
32y · Male·unascertained; most likely exposure after walking in bushland
Jason Marcus Lawson, a 32-year-old man with a complex psychiatric history including depression, anxiety, polysubstance use, and previous suicide attempts, disappeared on 11 December 2003, one week after discharge from an…
Male·Kunmanara Ward: neck compression due to hanging; Kunmanara Ken: exposure in cont…
Four separate inquests into the deaths of Kunmanara Ward (19), Kunmanara Ken (35), Kunmanara Ryan (25), and Kunmanara Cooper (27) on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands between May 2003 and March 2004. Three deaths were by h…
29y · Female·gunshot wound to the abdomen
29-year-old Aboriginal woman (JC) of Ngarlawangga Yamatji Martu descent died from a gunshot wound inflicted by police on 17 September 2019. Four days prior, she was appropriately discharged from Sir Charles Gairdner Hosp…
48y · Male·Haemophilus influenzae bronchopneumonia in the setting of alcohol and methadone …
…ability: homelessness, frequent intoxication at consultations, known mixing of methadone with alcohol and cannabis, and escalating substance use. The Victorian Department of Health's 2013 Policy for Maintenance Pharmacot…
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