139 results for “paranoid_schizophrenia”
50y · Male·bronchitis (pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009) in a man with chronic obstructive pu…
Kevin Maxwell Collins, a 50-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and morbid obesity, died from bronchitis due to pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009 while an involuntary patient at G…
54y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury attributed to cardiac arrest due to choking
A 54-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia died of hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury from choking on food whilst in seclusion in a psychiatric intensive care unit. Key failures included: unsupervised provision of food to…
30y · Male·external neck compression due to hanging
Tyson Matthews, a 30-year-old man with long-standing mental illness (psychosis, depression, antisocial personality disorder) and substance abuse, died by hanging four days after presenting to a psychiatric emergency cent…
75y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease secondary to coronary artery atherosclerosis; acute myoc…
Krizan Vuksan, a 75-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia, hypertension, and cardiac risk factors, died from acute myocardial infarction secondary to ischaemic heart disease while residing in a mental health aged care …
68y · Male·Bronchopneumonia in a man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Maris Kugis, a 68-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia, personality disorders, and multiple serious physical conditions including COPD, ankylosing spondylitis, and undiagnosed pancreatic adenocarcinoma, died from bron…
71y · Male·Organ failure in an elderly man receiving palliative medical care for renal fail…
Gheorghe Gruici, a 71-year-old life-sentenced prisoner, died of organ failure from chronic renal failure, infective endocarditis, and chest infection. Over 15 years in custody, he developed multiple comorbidities includi…
72y · Male·Cranial fracture and intracranial haemorrhage from self-inflicted fall
Frank Sette, a 72-year-old man with longstanding schizophrenia, died from a cranial fracture and intracranial haemorrhage sustained when he deliberately threw himself backwards onto the floor of a psychiatric ward. He wa…
80y · Male·asphyxia due to choking on food
Robert Mather, 80, died from asphyxia due to choking on food while hospitalised with acute psychosis, severe malnutrition, iron deficiency anaemia and urinary retention. He had schizophrenia with 40+ year history and poo…
35y · Male·Clozapine toxicity
A 35-year-old Aboriginal man with schizophrenia and alcohol use disorder died from clozapine toxicity while residing at a non-clinical peer recovery facility. He presented with psychiatric distress on 10 December 2016, r…
36y · Male·Immersion (drowning)
Quoc Xuan Tran, a 36-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder and autism spectrum disorder, died by drowning in the Swan River on 10 April 2019. He was subject to a Community Treatment Order and had experienced repeate…
44y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motorcycle incident
A 44-year-old man with complex psychiatric history and substance abuse was killed in a motorcycle collision while driving unlicensed and under the influence of methylamphetamine. A 92-year-old driver, disoriented after b…
50y · Female·acute heart failure in association with acute on chronic obstructive airways dis…
Donna Lillian Barnes, a 50-year-old woman with chronic schizophrenia and multiple physical comorbidities including morbid obesity, asthma, and poor mobility, died of acute heart failure associated with acute-on-chronic o…
43y · Male·blunt neck trauma from compression of the neck
Stephen John Barton, aged 43, died from blunt neck trauma inflicted by roommate Lindon Sekrst in a psychiatric ward. Both were detained patients under Mental Health Act orders. Sekrst, a 23-year-old with paranoid ideatio…
27y · Male·propoxyphene toxicity
A 27-year-old man with schizophrenia died of propoxyphene toxicity while in police custody. He ingested a fatal dose of Doloxene capsules prescribed by Dr R. on 27 June 2000. The doctor prescribed 100 capsules to a patie…
44y · Male·intravenous injection of foreign debris (crushed tablets) associated with chroni…
Timothy Wellington, a 44-year-old man with longstanding opioid and polysubstance use disorder, died from acute pulmonary hypertension caused by intravenous injection of foreign debris (crushed tablets). He had been presc…
34y · Male·gunshot injuries to the torso
Ashley Fildes, a 34-year-old man with schizophrenia, was fatally shot by police on 1 May 2020 after stabbing multiple people at a shopping centre while in acute psychosis. He had been non-compliant with depot antipsychot…
20y · Male·Multiple injuries due to contact with a train
Jonathan Saccu, a 20-year-old with severe treatment-resistant schizophrenia, absconded from an open mental health unit and was fatally struck by a train approximately 3 hours later. He was admitted on an involuntary trea…
65y · Male·Cardiomegaly
Grant White, a 65-year-old man with cardiomegaly and severe mitral regurgitation living in Department of Health and Human Services disability accommodation, died from cardiomegaly on 11 September 2017. Two days before hi…
36y · Male·Hanging
A 36-year-old male prisoner with complex psychiatric history, substance use disorder, and recent cancer diagnosis died by hanging in prison. Recent mental health assessments (within 3 days) had classified him as low suic…
Bearham: hypoxic brain injury from hanging; Fisher: asphyxiation from hanging by…
Four inpatient suicides occurred at The Canberra Hospital mental health units between January 2015 and November 2016: three by hanging and one by jumping. The coroner found systemic failures including inadequate ligature…
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