273 results for “depressive disorder”
27y · Male·traumatic injuries and/or drowning from jumping from Tasman Bridge
…ng from Tasman Bridge. He had a complex psychiatric history including depression, anxiety, and adjustment disorder, with multiple self-harm episodes. His second psychiatric hospital admission for treatment-resistant depr…
Female·Hanging
This finding concerns the deaths of TC, a young mother, and SN, her 17-month-old daughter, who died by hanging on 21 September 2015 in Campsie, NSW. SN had significant life-limiting medical conditions including bilateral…
29y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (pregabalin, dihydrocodeine, tramadol, temazepam, lorazep…
…ntities and implausible stories (lost baggage from Chile) were not adequately verified; the additive CNS depressive effects of multiple sedating medications combined with obesity and prone positioning created a lethal sc…
25y · Male·hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury due to plastic bag asphyxia
Graeme Eady, 25 years old with chronic depression first formally treated in July 2003, was admitted after a suicide attempt in September 2003. Following an altercation with another patient, he was transferred to H Floor …
23y · Female·unascertained
…en 1–5 February 2018 after nine years of psychiatric treatment for anorexia nervosa, obsessive-compulsive disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and borderline personality disorder. She was discharged from Shellharbour Ment…
36y · Male·hanging
…rison industries area was accessible to prisoners. The coroner emphasised that while Mr Turner had shown depressive symptoms requiring monitoring, the immediate preventable factor was the failure to attempt resuscitation…
36y · Male·Shotgun wound to the head
KE was a 36-year-old with longstanding psychiatric history including borderline personality disorder, substance abuse, and multiple previous self-harm incidents. He was on bail with a residential condition …
48y · Male·Hanging (partially suspended hanging using shoelaces as ligature)
Robert Harold Gerard, aged 48, died by hanging in Risdon Prison in May 2022 while on remand for serious charges. He had paranoid schizophrenia, a long history of substance abuse, and was experiencing depression and suici…
44y · Male·gunshot wound to the abdomen
…onsistent with audio-visual evidence. Critical issues included Baker's unmonitored mental health (bipolar disorder, PTSD, depression), inadequate fitness-for-duty assessments by police medical officers, and the 3-year de…
31y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury secondary to hanging
Craig Akerblom, a 31-year-old man with depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and selective eating disorder, died by hanging resulting in hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury. He had been under care of multiple clinicia…
54y · Male·Died by hanging while suffering from the effects of Post-traumatic Stress Disord…
A 54-year-old NSW police officer died by suicide while suffering from PTSD and Bipolar Disorder. He had witnessed multiple traumatic incidents during his 25-year career and was diagnosed with Bipolar D…
46y · Female·hypoxic brain injury due to hanging
A 46-year-old woman with borderline and antisocial personality disorder, depression, and cannabis dependence died by suicide while an involuntary psychiatric inpatient. She had …
34y · Female·Drowning
… a bathtub. Ms Karakoc had mild intellectual disability, a history of mental illness (depression, bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, PTSD), and had experienced prolonged family violence from Mr Davsanoglu includ…
38y · Male·combined effects of inhalation of products of combustion and incineration
Paul Scott Roberts, aged 38, died from incineration and inhalation of combustion products after setting himself alight during police attendance at his home on home detention bail. He had a history of chronic dysthymia, a…
48y · Male·Hanging
Duncan Sparke, a 48-year-old man with a history of suicidal ideation and depression, absconded from a locked psychiatric unit at The Alfred Hospital on 24 April 2017 while subject to a Temporary Treatment Order. He was r…
15y · Female·Paracetamol toxicity in the setting of Anorexia Nervosa
…r two years with escalating food refusal, self-harm, and suicidal behaviour. Key clinical lessons: eating disorder services require integrated medical-psychiatric teams; brief admissions without ensuring sustained oral e…
25y · Male·The available evidence does not allow for any finding to be made as to the cause…
Karl Melo-Richards, a 25-year-old man with a long history of depression and suicidal ideation since age 14-15, went missing on 2 September 2016. Despite extensive police investigations and searches, his body was never fo…
33y · Male·gunshot wounds to chest and upper arm
A 33-year-old man with bipolar disorder on reducing doses of risperidone experienced a psychotic relapse and stabbed a stranger at a railway stat…
79y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
A 79-year-old man with a history of myocardial infarctions, coronary artery bypass graft, schizophrenia, and ischaemic heart disease died of acute cardiac failure while detained in a mental health facility. He had been a…
20y · Male·hanging
A 20-year-old male with major depressive disorder and melancholic features was admitted to psychiatric hospital on 4 June 2003 under an indefinit…
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