149 results for “attempted suicide”
43y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (driver)
… speed (>100 km/h) and crossed into the southbound lane where Mr Dows was travelling at 80 km/h. Mr Dows attempted evasive action but could not avoid the collision due to terrain and proximity to trees. The coroner inve…
38y · Female·neck compression due to hanging
…manded in custody. She had a complex history of psychiatric illness, drug and alcohol abuse, and multiple suicide attempts. Despite comprehensive documentation from police identifying her as suicidal, at-risk, and recen…
18y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to hanging
An 18-year-old woman with major depressive disorder and PTSD was admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit after expressing suicidal ideation and self-harm. She was changed from involuntary to voluntary status after clini…
37y · Female·exsanguination from incised wounds to right wrist and elbow
…chronic pain from multiple orthopaedic injuries, hepatitis C, and a history of suicidal ideation, died by suicide while imprisoned. Critical clinical lessons include: the Initial Risk and Needs Assessment failed to iden…
59y · Male·Hanging
A 59-year-old man serving a life sentence died by hanging in his segregation cell at Lithgow Correctional Centre on 2-3 April 2020. He had a history of depression, anxiety, and a prior serious self-harm attempt in 2010 r…
34y · Male·hypoxic encephalopathy following hanging
… died from hypoxic encephalopathy following hanging in Adelaide Remand Centre on 7 February 2007. He had attempted self-harm twice in custody after his bail was revoked for breaching conditions. Although appropriately i…
54y · Female·unascertained
… in hospital grounds. She had been an involuntary patient admitted on 7 September 2017 following multiple suicide attempts. Though found wet and distressed (suggesting attempted drowning) by the Salvation Army, police f…
30y · Male·Exsanguination due to self-inflicted multiple stab and incised wounds
…ing a delusional episode exacerbated by methamphetamine use, he inflicted fatal self-harm while his wife attempted to stop him. The coroner found no preventable clinical failures but noted the significant role of chroni…
33y · Male·Neck compression (hanging)
…pricornia Correctional Centre on 13 November 2017, four days after remand for serious offences including attempted murder. He had a recent suicide attempt by gunshot wound (31 October), was on opiate medications for wit…
65y · Male·Self-inflicted incised and stab wounds to neck and incised wounds to wrists
James Robert Sowden, aged 65, died by self-inflicted neck and wrist wounds on 28-29 March 2018. He had a history of depression with paranoid features (diagnosed 2003) and autoimmune thyroiditis. In the week before death,…
47y · Female·risperidone toxicity
…m 3mg to 6mg daily without medical advice. On 16 October 2009, her GP recognised acute deterioration and attempted urgent referral to mental health services but encountered significant system barriers: geographical catc…
29y · Female·Hanging
…s Parashar in November 2010, resulting in an intervention order and criminal conviction. Ms Parashar had attempted to divorce him but was deterred by cultural stigma and lack of formal documentation. She obtained an int…
34y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (pedestrian), in circums…
…il 2017, while on approved leave, she absconded from a visitor and was found in circumstances suggesting attempted suicide. She was eventually reported missing; police conducted searches overnight. The next morning she …
Unknown·Ruby Nicholls-Diver: ligature compression of neck (hanging); Carly Jean Elliott:…
…comprehensively explore patients' reasons for sudden discharge requests, inadequate risk assessment after suicide attempts, poor liaison with family support systems, and lack of assertive follow-up within 24 hours of di…
25y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
… 31 July with active suicidal ideation, paranoia, and psychotic symptoms. A triage nurse (Marcelle Rust) attempted to assist but lacked legal authority to detain him. The hospital referred the case to the Armadale Commu…
22y · Male·Hanging
…r smoking cessation. He had a documented history of depression, anxiety, and substance abuse, with prior attempted suicide. His GP, Dr Y., prescribed Champix without adequately reading product information about neuropsy…
38 and 3y · Female and male·Stacey: hanging; Seth: undetermined causes (likely suffocation, drowning, or str…
…ct during a critical period, particularly during a poorly managed caseworker handover. While the homicide-suicide could not have been predicted, earlier multidisciplinary coordination, more robust psychiatric oversight …
35y · Male·multiple injuries
…lice officers arrived at the scene within minutes of receiving a call about a man on a ledge. While they attempted to persuade Mr Brady to sit down, he jumped within approximately four minutes. The officers initially fa…
31y · Female·mixed drug toxicity (propoxyphene, fluvoxamine, and alprazolam)
A 31-year-old woman with extensive history of deliberate self-harm and prescription drug abuse died from mixed drug toxicity (propoxyphene, fluvoxamine, and alprazolam). She presented to the emergency department with a r…
59y · Male·head injuries
…luded: inadequate escalation of nursing observations despite clear warning signs (threatening self-harm, attempted choking, concerning communications with family); lack of multidisciplinary risk formulation and manageme…
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