273 results for “depressive disorder”
28y · Male·hanging
…t pattern. Key lessons include the challenges of engaging high-functioning individuals with developmental disorders, and the need for coordinated care across fragmented services.
33y · Male·multiple gunshot wounds to the head, trunk and limbs
Daniel King died following multiple gunshot wounds sustained during a police operation. He had acquired a firearm and attended three locations in western Sydney, discharging it before arriving at Penrith Police Station w…
59y · Male·hanging
A 59-year-old man with major depression and psychotic features was lawfully detained under an inpatient treatment order at Noarlunga Hospital's Morier Ward. He was appropriately managed, initially in the high-dependency …
59y · Male·Unascertained
Jonathan Townsend, a 59-year-old Navy veteran with PTSD, alcohol use disorder, and multiple psychiatric comorbidities, died at home on 5 November 2021. The cause of death was unascert…
76y · Male·exsanguination secondary to pulmonary aortic fistula and thoracic aorta aneurysm…
Allan Phipps was a 76-year-old man with a known thoracic aortic aneurysm and severe depression admitted to Austin Hospital in October 2012 for unstable angina and depression management. His aneurysm, discovered in March …
48y · Male·gunshot wounds to the right thigh and abdomen with fatal hemorrhage
A 48-year-old man with severe chronic pain, alcohol dependence, and mental health issues called police stating he was armed with knives and wanted to be shot. Despite being extensively supported by health services that d…
37y · Male·self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and neck
Matthew Lothian, aged 37, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and neck on 6 January 2021 in Wollongong. He was on medical escort from custody when he seized the firearm from Correctional Services Officer…
42y · Female·Neck compression due to self-suspension
Joanne Finch, a 42-year-old woman remanded in custody on charges related to her son's death, died by hanging in her cell at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre on 24 July 2018. She had chronic suicidal ideation with periods of acu…
64y · Female·Unascertained
A 64-year-old woman with chronic pain from multiple joint replacements, significant depression following her daughter's death in 2006, and long-standing suicidal ideation disappeared from a cruise ship in the Tasman Sea …
Male·Suicide: hanging (Al-Akabi, Saunders); diving from balcony (Rauluni)
…orating mental health; mental health protocols were not followed, his diagnosis was incorrect (Adjustment Disorder rather than Major Depressive Disorder), and requests for transfer were ignored. David Saunders (UK nation…
85y · Female·general inanition on a background of vascular dementia and a recent right neck o…
An 85-year-old woman with vascular dementia, congestive cardiac failure, and atrial fibrillation sustained a right neck of femur fracture from a fall at her aged care facility on 5 August 2020, despite being on a sensor …
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 …
14y · Female·Ligature compression of the neck (suicide)
Gabrielle Mia Tedeschi, a 14-year-old girl with longstanding oppositional and self-harm behaviours and subsequent depression, died by suicide on 14 October 2004 following a ligature compression injury sustained on 11 Oct…
86y · Male·pulmonary embolism following deep vein thrombosis
Rex Rouse, 86, died from pulmonary embolism following deep vein thrombosis while admitted to the psychiatric unit at Launceston General Hospital on 26 May 2020. He was admitted under a Mental Health Act assessment order …
Male·Darren Wallace: single gunshot wound to right side of neck. TBD: two self-inflic…
…the Rebels Outlaw Motorcycle Gang. TBD, a 31-year-old former ADF member with severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), alcohol use disorder, and stimulant use disorder, shot and killed Darren Wallace (32) at a servic…
34y · Female·multiple drug toxicity
…r, a 34-year-old woman with chronic suicidality and complex mental health conditions including bipolar II disorder, borderline personality disorder, and PTSD, died from multiple drug toxicity on 7-8 February 2017, two da…
72y · Female·Pneumonia as a consequence of chronic obstructive airway disease
Ms Vigor-Newitt, a 72-year-old woman in prison, died from pneumonia complicated by chronic obstructive airway disease. She had presented with respiratory symptoms on 27 and 29 September 2020 and was appropriately hospita…
49y · Female·Respiratory failure sequential to ingestion of Glyphosate due to depression and …
…lf-harm attempt (throat laceration). She had complex comorbid Major Depression and Borderline Personality Disorder with chronic suicidality. Discharge planning involved intensive community follow-up with daily nursing vi…
32y · Male·hanging
A 32-year-old man with bipolar disorder and recent suicide attempt died by hanging in a closed psychiatric ward. He was admitted following overdo…
31y · Female·neck compression in the circumstances of hanging
…31-year-old accountant with longstanding depression, anxiety, bulimia nervosa, and borderline personality disorder (BPD), died by hanging in August 2015. She had experienced workplace difficulties with her manager Jade C…
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