604 results for “substance use disorder”
27y · Male·Global cerebral ischaemic injury in the setting of hanging
Jamie Kowalewsky, a 27-year-old with long-standing mental health issues including depression, substance abuse (ICE and cannabis), and previous suicide attempt, was voluntarily admitted to a low dependency psy…
29y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (heroin and methamphetamine)
A 29-year-old man with a history of heroin and methamphetamine addiction died from mixed drug toxicity. He had suffered a work-related back injury leading to opioid dependence, complicated by anxiety and panic attacks. A…
30y · Male·neck compression from ligature strangulation and possible suspension (hanging)
…lese national in Australia, died by intentional neck compression on 11–12 January 2018. He had previously caused the death of Amelia Blake on 9 January 2018. BG was experiencing multiple severe stressors: approximately …
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 e…
44y · Female·Heroin toxicity
…ntary mental health admission. She had a 25-year psychiatric history with paranoid schizophrenia and polysubstance use disorder but had made significant clinical progress at AMHRU, with stabilised mental state, therapeu…
36y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction due to ischaemic heart disease with severe coronary …
…tional Centre in June 2018. He had significant cardiovascular risk factors including a history of poly-drug use (methamphetamine and cannabis), depression, anxiety, and PTSD. The coroner found no suspicious circumstance…
21y · Male·Unascertained causes
…ive police investigation and multiple proof-of-life checks over decades, his body was never found and the cause and circumstances of death remain unascertained. Several theories emerged including possible homicide by tw…
15y · Male·Combined heroin and methamphetamine toxicity
…had experienced multiple placement instability (over 20 placements in two years), early trauma, parental substance use history, and escalating mental health issues including suicidal ideation. Despite referrals to multi…
61y · Male·Unknown
Dale Waverley Nicholson, a 61-year-old man with a history of depression, alcohol and cannabis use, and a previous suicide attempt in 2012, disappeared from his home in New Norfolk, Tasmania on 10 December …
33y · Male·hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to hanging with resuscitation
…n: early identification and intervention for acute suicidal ideation in recently released prisoners with substance use disorders and relationship crises may improve outcomes.
33y · Female·hanging
…n and appropriate treatment. This case highlights the importance of identifying at-risk individuals with substance use disorders, prior suicide attempts, and psychosocial stressors for intensive mental health monitoring…
32y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging) in a man with methadone and methylamp…
…h prison phone calls. Critical clinical lessons emerge: the deceased had emotionally unstable personality disorder and polysubstance use disorder but did not warrant psychiatric hospitalization. However, he was able to a…
19y · Male·Stab wounds to the neck and chest
Taylor Oliver, a 19-year-old with schizophrenia and substance use disorder, died by self-inflicted stab wounds on 1 December 2019. He had been admitted to mental heal…
37y · Male·multiple injuries in a man with methylamphetamine effect (suicide by jumping fro…
Simon John Rowe, a 37-year-old man with a history of drug use and imprisonment, died by suicide on 12 April 2012 after deliberately jumping from a 12th-floor hotel windo…
46y · Male·cause of death cannot be determined
…complex mental health issues including borderline schizophrenia, depression, and a history of trauma and substance use, was found deceased in his Bicheno home after an estimated two-month absence. His body was in advanc…
43y · Male·The combined effects of subacute myocardial injury and methadone toxicity
Timothy Ricketts, a 43-year-old man with complex psychiatric and substance use history, died from combined subacute myocardial injury and methadone toxicity. He had been admitted …
45y · Male·Shotgun wound to the head
…to a domestic violence incident. He had been struggling with depression, grief, alcohol and methamphetamine use for years, and repeatedly expressed suicidal ideation. Police responded appropriately to the incident, evac…
53y · Female·Unintentional mixed prescription drug toxicity (morphine and diazepam) together …
…icantly increases vulnerability to CNS depressants; and the dangers of concurrent opioid and benzodiazepine use. The case highlights risks of informal medication sharing among vulnerable patients with substance use hist…
27y · Male·hanging
A 27-year-old man with schizo-affective disorder died by hanging on 22 April 2009 while on a Community Treatment Order (CTO). He had been discharged from …
39y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to hanging
A 39-year-old woman with depression, anxiety, and substance use disorder was voluntarily admitted to Northern Hospital's psychiatric unit after presenting to ED wit…
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