273 results for “acute mental illness”
48y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease complicating restraint of an acutely agitated male
Daniel Richards, 48, died from ischaemic heart disease precipitated by restraint during a mental health assessment at home. He had underlying significant coronary artery disease with left ventricular hyp…
7y · Male·multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (passenger)
…ould have prompted intervention to prevent this tragedy. The case highlights the challenges in identifying acute suicide risk in distressed individuals and the importance of comprehensive family support during terminal …
16y · Male·Multiple blunt traumatic injuries from fall from height
A 16-year-old boy with depression and suicidal ideation was discharged from an inpatient adolescent mental health facility in Victoria after 20 days. Two days later, he died by suicide at a cliff location he had p…
24y · Male·Environmental exposure in a man with methylamphetamine effect
Dean Jesse Gerrard-Latham, a 24-year-old Indigenous man, died from environmental exposure while acutely intoxicated by methylamphetamine in bushland near Derby, WA. After evading police i…
41y · Male·multi-organ failure and staphylococcal septicaemia following pulmonary and aorti…
…to RAH. He absconded after 24 hours, returning to the community in a delirious state due to sepsis-induced acute organic brain syndrome. He was appropriately detained under the Mental Health Act to ensure treatment, re-…
75y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease secondary to coronary artery atherosclerosis; acute myoc…
…an 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 fac…
30y · Male·Exsanguination due to self-inflicted multiple stab and incised wounds
…etamine toxicity after consuming 2 grams of ice. Despite referral to psychiatry, he did not follow up with mental health services after discharge. On the day of death, during a delusional episode exacerbated by methamphe…
Male·thermal injuries (burns)
…. The deceased had attempted self-harm twice previously (August and September 2015) and received extensive mental health support through the Psychological Support Program, including psychiatric review and monitoring. He …
37y · Male·Acute Aspiration Pneumonitis following on Quetiapine Ingestion
…37-year-old man with chronic schizoaffective disorder and alcohol dependence, died on 4 November 2002 from acute aspiration pneumonitis following quetiapine overdose. After presenting to Avro Clinic in May 2002 homeless…
27y · Male·unascertained
…disappeared from Kalgoorlie, Western Australia in February 1982, shortly after discharge from hospital for acute psychiatric crisis. He had relocated to Western Australia to avoid compulsory medication in South Australi…
23y · Male·Hanging whilst suffering acute mental illness, most likely a first episode delus…
…d suicidal ideation on 20 April and was assessed by a Risk Intervention Team. Despite being diagnosed with acute mental illness and paranoid delusions on 2 May, he was placed on a waiting list for the Mental Health Scre…
54y · Male·Ischaemic cardiomyopathy following a period of restraint on a background of morb…
…PR until a senior officer arrived. Clinical experts noted officers lacked sufficient training to recognise acute medical deterioration in this context. Earlier removal from the van and immediate CPR initiation may not h…
59y · Female·multiple injuries from fall from height
…death of her long-term partner and de facto father of her children. Critical clinical lessons include: (1) Mental health clinicians must ensure immediate assessments occur when patients present with acute psychotic sympt…
33y · Male·Gunshot injury to the anterior trunk (chest and upper abdomen)
…Harrison on 28 March 2019. Jack had deteriorated significantly over preceding days despite engagement with mental health services; he had refused voluntary hospital admission despite his mother's concerns. When police at…
31y · Male·Burns
…0% body surface area burns and died 7 days later. Clinical lessons include: police recognition of critical mental health risk with lethal means; gaps in mental health safety planning that failed to involve family despite…
54y · Female·Hanging
…vere depression and anxiety in early 2011. After two suicide attempts, she was admitted to Austin Health's Acute Psychiatric Unit involuntarily. After 11 days of treatment and progressive day leave, she was approved for…
64y · Male·unascertained natural causes
…alph Keat, a 64-year-old man with frontal lobe dementia, was admitted to Kingston Centre as an involuntary mental health patient on 12 April 2010. On 14 April, he was found unresponsive in the bathroom and could not be r…
45y · Male·Coronary Atherosclerosis
…r Charles Gairdner Hospital 11 days before death with palpitations and dyspnea, attributed to psychiatric illness after cardiac investigations appeared normal. During his final psychiatric admission, his general medical…
30y · Male·unknown - no postmortem examination performed
…ly in 2020 via DNA), and inadequate policy frameworks. The case demonstrates how poor coordination between mental health services, university pastoral care, social work, and law enforcement can allow vulnerable foreign s…
33y · Male·hanging
Russell Zaska, a 33-year-old man with a complex mental health history including probable methamphetamine dependence and recurrent drug-induced psychosis, died by…
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