Coronial

183 results for drug-induced psychosis

WAcommunity2014-12-30

Inquest into the Death of Gyan Murray JEFFERY

31y · Male·Head and chest injury

Gyan Murray Jeffery, age 31, died from head and chest injuries sustained when struck by two motor vehicles on the South Western Highway at Argyle, Western Australia, on 30 September 2011. He had a longstanding history of…

psychiatryemergency medicinemethamphetamine
VICcommunity2020-05-01

Finding into death of Joelene Therese Dowden

37y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury complicating aspiration of gastric contents

Joelene Dowden, 37, died from hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury following aspiration of gastric contents. She presented at Alfred Hospital ED on 9 July 2017 with erratic behaviour, then went to a tram stop where she express…

emergency medicineintensive caredoxylamine
NSW2022-08-26

Inquest into the death of LAK

19y · Male·Hanging

… a community rehabilitation facility after a complex mental health journey involving forensic orders and psychosis. Key clinical lessons include: recognising vulnerability in young people transitioning from acute care, …

psychiatryaddiction medicinecommunicationsystem
VICmental health2015-07-03

Finding into death of Anthony Travaglini

40y · Male·combined drug toxicity in a man with asthma (undiagnosed) and sleep apnoea

Anthony Travaglini, a 40-year-old with schizoaffective disorder, severe sleep apnoea, and undiagnosed asthma, died from combined drug toxicity on a psychiatric high-dependency unit. Critically, his earlier clinical recor…

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WAcommunity2025-06-09

Inquest into the Death of Joyce Gladis CLARKE

29y · Female·gunshot wound to the abdomen

…riately discharged from Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital following involuntary mental health admission for drug-induced psychosis; acute symptoms had resolved. The discharge was clinically sound with community follow-up arr…

psychiatryemergency medicinesystemmethamphetamine
VIC2025-09-24

Finding into death of Bryan Pham

24y · Male·multiple injuries and chest compression asphyxia (train strike)

…iatry referral was automatically cancelled but not reinstated. At discharge, he exhibited clear signs of psychosis and suicidality, yet received only a superficial assessment by a nursing staff member who did not thorou…

psychiatrycorrectional healthcommunicationsystemmethamphetamine
QLDPodcast2020-06-30

Ayliffe-Chung, Mia Mishka Annie and; Jackson, Thomas Leslie - Non-inquest findings

Unknown·Mia: Stab wound to heart; Thomas: Stab wound to brain

Two young UK backpackers, Mia Ayliffe-Chung (20) and Thomas Jackson (30), were fatally stabbed at a Queensland hostel on 23 August 2016 by a French backpacker, Smail Ayad, who was psychotic and cannabis-intoxicated. Ayad…

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NTmental health2019-09-27

Inquest into the death of Jordan Allen

34y · Male·self-inflicted hanging

34-year-old Jordan Allen died by suicide on 1 February 2018 after absconding from Alice Springs Mental Health Unit during supervised cigarette leave. He was acutely psychotic with persecutory delusions related to methamp…

psychiatryemergency medicineclinicalcommunicationdexamphetamine sulfate
NT2000-09-15

Inquest into the death of Glen Anthony Huitson and Rodney William Ansell

37y · Male·Sergeant Huitson: gunshot wound to chest and abdomen; Ansell: multiple gunshot w…

This coronial inquiry examined a shooting incident on 3 August 1999 where Rodney Ansell, a man suffering from deteriorating mental health and chronic amphetamine abuse, opened fire on the Stuart Highway killing Sergeant …

psychiatryforensic medicinesystemamphetamine
VIChospital2016-08-06

Finding into death of Ingrid Mary Marr

30y · Female·Hanging

A 30-year-old woman with borderline personality disorder, substance abuse history, and exposure to multiple family suicides (father, close friend, partner's mother) presented to Emergency Department after self-harm and s…

psychiatryemergency medicinealcohol
VIC2022-02-11

Finding into death of Michelle Hughes

53y · Female·Ligature strangulation

Michelle Hughes, a 53-year-old woman serving her first prison sentence for assault committed during drug-induced psychosis, died by ligature strangulation in her cell at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre Women's Prison on 26…

psychiatrycorrectional healthdiagnosticprocedural
NSWcommunity2018-07-27

Inquest into the disappearance and suspected death of Kellie Anne Levitski

38y · Female·Unable to be determined

Kellie Anne Levitski disappeared on 31 March 2014 from her father's property near Bega, NSW. She had schizoaffective disorder requiring intensive mental health support, depot antipsychotic injections, and multiple medica…

psychiatrysystemdelay
TAScommunity2018-10-18

Coroner's Finding: MacQueen, Tyrone Frederick

25y · Male·unable to determine

Tyrone Frederick MacQueen disappeared on 1 July 1994 at age 25. He had chronic schizophrenia with poor medication compliance, recent psychiatric hospitalization, expressed suicidal ideation, self-harm (wrist cutting), de…

psychiatrygeneral practicesystemdelaysuromtil
TASmental health2023-03-07

Coroner's Finding: Culic, Jana

35y · Female·neck and chest injuries and drowning due to intentional fall/jump from Tasman Br…

Jana Culic, aged 35, died by suicide jumping from the Tasman Bridge on 4 June 2020 while subject to a Mental Health Act treatment order for schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, and bipolar disorder. She had a …

psychiatryemergency medicinemethamphetamine
NSWhome2014-05-09

Inquest into the death of Adam HAYWARD

33y · Male·multi-drug toxicity as a result of misadventure

Adam Hayward, a 33-year-old with borderline personality disorder, poly-substance abuse, and a complex psychiatric history including recurrent suicidal ideation and overdoses, died from multi-drug toxicity in October 2009…

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NSWcommunity2023-11-17

Inquest into the death of SB

51y · Male·Stab wounds to the chest

A 51-year-old man with documented mental health issues including psychosis, paranoia, and delusions died from self-inflicted stab wounds during a police siege at his mother's home…

psychiatryemergency medicinecommunicationsystemolanzapine
VIChome2023

Finding into death of Mr ZJF

27y · Male·Dextromethorphan toxicity

Mr ZJF, a 27-year-old man with a longstanding history of schizophrenia, polysubstance use disorder, and depression, died from dextromethorphan toxicity. He was subject to a Community Treatment Order at the time of death …

psychiatrygeneral practicesystemdextromethorphan
WAhospital2014-10-17

Inquest into the Death of Gillian Hanson

62y · Female·hyponatremia (low sodium level 114mmol/L) resulting in seizure, with aspiration …

…der women and those with comorbidities; (2) excessive water drinking and vomiting are red flags for both psychosis and hyponatremia; (3) baseline bloods on psychiatric admission, even when patient cooperation is poor, a…

psychiatrygeneral practicediagnosticescitalopram
VIC2014-08-25

Finding into death of Keiran Bailey

44y · Male·Complications of blunt head injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (cycl…

…ver, who caused the collision, had a documented psychiatric history including schizophrenia, depression, psychosis, and polydrug abuse. Despite psychiatric treatment and psychiatric hospital admissions in 2010, the driv…

psychiatryemergency medicinesystemcommunicationantipsychotic medications
WAmental health2023-02-13

Inquest into the Death of Philip SULLEY

58y · Male·coronary artery arteriosclerosis (natural causes)

…te at the time despite later appearing to be early relapse. He re-presented on 22 April 2020 with florid psychosis and was admitted to BMHU under a Form 6A involuntary treatment order. He collapsed on 27 April 2020 and …

psychiatryemergency medicinecommunicationolanzapine
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