368 results for “substance use disorder history”
34y · Female·Unascertained (possibilities: positional asphyxia, drowning, neck compression, d…
Valmai Jane Birch, a 34-year-old woman with a history of drug use, died between 9-21 March 2011 in circumstances that constituted homicide by her partner David…
27y · Female·opiate toxicity (fentanyl)
…injecting a fatal quantity of fentanyl she obtained from a patient-controlled analgesia device. She had a history of depression, anxiety, and substance misuse following her mother's death, and was on multiple psychiatri…
37y · Male·multiple gunshot wounds
…addiction and mental health issues including paranoid ideation, particularly during crystal methamphetamine use. Community Corrections did not meet pre-release service standards, including failure to conduct required fo…
33y · Male·unascertained
Dean Jenkins, a 33-year-old with a history of drug use, disappeared on 24 August 2016 after being observed acting paranoid and erratically while sub…
59y · Female·head injury
… assaulted by her son Majang Ngor during an acute psychotic episode induced by cannabis and methamphetamine use. Ngor had a documented first psychotic episode in February 2012, subsequently engaging with Orygen Youth He…
42y · Female·Haemothorax and pneumonia in the setting of acute and chronic chest injuries and…
…mate partner Craig Jennion between 10-19 October 2021. Clinical lessons: victims of family violence with substance use disorders are at heightened risk of femicide and may present with injuries initially misattributed t…
41y · Male·multiple blunt force injuries sustained in a fall from height from the Tasman Br…
A 41-year-old man with a long history of alcohol and illicit drug abuse, poor mental health with suicidal ideation, and a history of Mental Hea…
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…
31y · Female·plastic bag asphyxia
Kirstan McRae-Jansen, a 31-year-old woman with chronic schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, and substance abuse, died by plastic bag asphyxia using an LPG bottle. She was under Community Treatment…
43y · Male·methylamphetamine and heroin toxicity
…ied from methylamphetamine and heroin toxicity while on home detention bail. He had a complex psychiatric history including depression, psychosis, PTSD, and polysubstance use disorder, with previous suicide attempts and…
39y · Male·respiratory failure as a result of the interaction of prescribed medication and …
Mark Richard Gleeson, 39, died from respiratory failure caused by the combined effect of prescribed antipsychotic/anxiolytic medications (olanzapine, quetiapine, clonaze…
24y · Male·multiple injuries and chest compression asphyxia (train strike)
…icide via train strike on 2 June 2020, two days after release from remand custody. He had schizophrenia, substance use disorder, and was recently incarcerated for assault and FVIO breach. While in prison, Bryan displaye…
30y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease and coronary artery atherosclerosis
… 30-year-old male prisoner died of ischaemic heart disease with coronary artery atherosclerosis. He had a history of cannabis and methamphetamine use, anxiety, and asthma. While in custody, he was prescribed methadone, …
40y · Male·Multiple drug toxicity, being either an overdose due to methylamphetamine alone,…
Mark Anthony O'Connor, a 40-year-old detainee with longstanding polysubstance use disorder, died in custody from multiple drug toxicity (methylamphetamine and possibly buprenorphine)…
38y · Female·unknown
Paula-Lee Denton disappeared in January 2014 and is presumed dead. She was a 38-year-old woman with a history of psychological trauma, PTSD, anxiety, and cannabis use. Following her mother's death in October 2013 an…
48y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (morphine, codeine, venlafaxine, amitriptyline and zopiclone…
A 48-year-old woman with depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder died from mixed drug toxicity while on voluntary inpatient psychiatric admission. She had undisclosed sig…
33y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (heroin, alprazolam, methadone)
Shane Hubezak, aged 33, died from combined drug toxicity involving heroin, alprazolam (Xanax), methadone, and cannabis. On 25 July 2010, he was arrested following a police pursuit and motor vehicle collision. He was tran…
Female·Hanging
The deceased was a woman with a long history of heroin abuse, benzodiazepine misuse, and mental health issues including depression and psychotic behav…
37y · Male·Carbon monoxide poisoning
Benjamin Gleeson, a 37-year-old man, died from carbon monoxide poisoning by exhaust inhalation. He had a history of methamphetamine use, depression with suicidal ideation, and was a perpetrator of family violence. Desp…
28y · Female·methadone toxicity
A 28-year-old woman with a history of mental illness and substance use disorder died from methadone toxicity five days after recommencing me…
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