207 results for “bipolar_disorder”
51y · Female·peritoneal sepsis with multiple organ failure due to perforation of bowel by for…
A 51-year-old woman with intellectual disability and schizoaffective disorder died from peritoneal sepsis and multiple organ failure caused by bowel perforation from a wooden stick. The stick entered her body via her vag…
55y · Male·toxic effects of quetiapine and clonazepam
A 55-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder died from toxic effects of quetiapine and clonazepam after intentional overdose. He was found unconscious at home and admitted to ICU at Royal Adelaide Hospital where he …
59y · Male·incised injuries to the neck
Paul McLoughlin, a 59-year-old man with long-standing bipolar affective disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and heavy cannabis use, died by suicide via incised neck wounds while on day leave from Graylands Hospital. He w…
48y · Female·Combined effects of cardiac hypertrophy, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease a…
KD, a 48-year-old woman with chronic schizo-affective disorder, end-stage renal failure, COPD, cardiac hypertrophy and obesity, died from combined natural causes while under assessment order in psychiatric care. She pres…
53y · Male·Burns to 75% of body surface area and severe lower airway inhalation injury
Barry Michael Daly, 53, died from severe burns (75% BSA) and inhalation injury sustained in a deliberately-set house fire on 20 April 2008. He had been detained at Glenside Hospital on 10 April 2008 under the Mental Heal…
61y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease in the setting of aspiration pneumonia in a man with Pra…
Andrew Peter De Julia, a 61-year-old man with Prader-Willi syndrome, complex medical history including severe ischaemic heart disease, and multiple comorbidities, died of ischaemic heart disease complicated by aspiration…
28y · Female·multiple injuries
Sarah Jane Rutherford, a 28-year-old with bipolar affective disorder and schizophrenia, died by suicide on 27 December 2009 after falling from a bridge onto the Mitchell Freeway while on leave from Graylands Hospital. Sh…
80y · Female·Right haemothorax due to bleeding right pleural adhesion with contributing apixa…
Margaret Joan Barry, 80, died from right haemothorax due to bleeding from a pleural adhesion while on apixaban anticoagulation therapy for atrial fibrillation. She was admitted to Royal Adelaide Hospital for psychiatric …
28y · Female·multiple injuries from deliberate fall from pedestrian bridge onto Mitchell Free…
Sarah Jane Rutherford, a 28-year-old woman with bipolar affective disorder and schizophrenia, died on 27 December 2009 after falling from a pedestrian bridge onto the Mitchell Freeway in Perth. She was an involuntary pat…
40y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia
Alexander Cameron, a 40-year-old man with complex neurodevelopmental, neurological and psychiatric disorders including epilepsy, autism, and previous neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS), died from aspiration pneumonia f…
57y · Male·Head injury from fall; with coronary atherosclerosis and complete heart block wi…
A 57-year-old man with bipolar disorder died from head injury following a fall at Toowong Private Hospital. Critical failures in falls risk management were identified: no formal falls risk assessment was completed on adm…
41y · Male·Septicaemia secondary to chronic peptic ulcer disease
Simon Cartwright, a 41-year-old man with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, died in custody from septicemia secondary to chronic peptic ulcer disease. He had a documented ulcer history diagnosed in November 2020 and sho…
45y · Male·Hanging
PF, aged 45, died by hanging in custody at South Coast Correctional Centre following bail refusal and adverse legal advice. The coroner found his death was intentional self-harm. Although PF had a significant history of …
42y · Male·Sudden cardiac death in the context of schizophrenia
Anthony Graham Greig Faulkner, a 42-year-old man with longstanding schizophrenia (formerly diagnosed as bipolar disorder), died suddenly on 23 September 2013 while an involuntary psychiatric patient at Cowdy Ward, Royal …
17y · Female·Self-inflicted hanging in the context of known complex mental health and behavio…
Didbala, a 17-year-old Aboriginal girl with complex mental health conditions including psychosis, bipolar disorder and suspected FASD, died by hanging at a CASPA residential care house in Katherine on 3 October 2022. She…
55y · Female·Complications of metastatic colorectal carcinoma
Lorinda Ruff, a 55-year-old woman with intellectual disability and bipolar disorder, died from complications of metastatic colorectal carcinoma. She presented to her GP on 29 July 2019 with three days of appetite loss an…
54y · Male·gunshot wound to the chest
Gregory Anderson died from a gunshot wound to the chest sustained during a police response at Bunguyan Reserve on 12 February 2014. He had fatally assaulted his 11-year-old son Luke during a cricket practice session with…
32y · Male·Subarachnoid haemorrhage due to ruptured cerebral aneurysm
Jeffrey Ellington, a 32-year-old Aboriginal male inmate, died suddenly from subarachnoid haemorrhage due to ruptured cerebral aneurysm while performing work duties at Long Bay Correctional Complex on 21 August 2020. Expe…
51y · Female·Pulmonary thromboembolism in the setting of morbid obesity
Ms Quinlan, a 51-year-old woman with morbid obesity (BMI 74.2), depression, bipolar disorder and recent diabetes diagnosis, died from pulmonary thromboembolism while an involuntary psychiatric inpatient. She presented wi…
84y · Male·Bronchopneumonia in the setting of pulmonary emphysema and hypertensive heart di…
Maxwell Howard, 84, died from bronchopneumonia in the setting of pulmonary emphysema and hypertensive heart disease while admitted to a mental health acute unit under a Temporary Treatment Order. He had multiple comorbid…
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