368 results for “substance use disorder history”
41y · Male·unascertained
David Davidson Lawson, a 41-year-old Aboriginal man with chronic alcohol use disorder and a history of psychotic symptoms during withdrawal, disappeared from a remote homestead on the …
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 …
26y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy in the context of neck compression
A 26-year-old man with longstanding mental health issues and substance use died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy caused by neck compression during a physical altercation …
39y · Female·MJU: stab wounds to the neck and chest; KJH: stab wounds to the back
…H once. Despite MJU calling emergency services at 12:40pm reporting CTH's hallucinations, paranoia and drug use, paramedics and police assessed him as not meeting Mental Health Act thresholds for involuntary admission. …
41y · Female·Brain, chest, abdominal and pelvic injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collisi…
…unsel patients on medication side effects affecting driving ability and reinforce the risks of illicit drug use.
32y · Male·gunshot wounds to the trunk
Troy Martin Foster, a 32-year-old man with intellectual impairment, mild cognitive disability, and a history of substance abuse and violence, died following a police shooting. On 24 November 2014, he was detained u…
44y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to heroin and alcohol toxicity
A 44-year-old male died from hypoxic brain injury caused by heroin and alcohol toxicity following an overdose. He had a history of depression, financial difficulti…
43y · Male·hypoxic brain injury caused by cardiac arrest due to unintentional drug poisonin…
A 43-year-old man with long-standing opioid use disorder and polysubstance dependence died from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest caused by dru…
64y · Female·Combined toxicity to alcohol and baclofen
…na Lawrence, 64, died from combined toxicity of alcohol and baclofen on 30 April 2020. She had a 40+ year history of alcohol dependency, borderline personality disorder, depression, and multiple suicide attempts. Baclof…
32y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (methadone, oxycodone, desmethylvenlafaxine, quetiapine, ola…
Liana Pickup, a 32-year-old woman with complex mental illness (bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, schizoaffective disorder), chronic back pain, and substance dependence,…
32y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging) in a man with methadone and methylamp…
…h prison phone calls. Critical clinical lessons emerge: the deceased had emotionally unstable personality disorder and polysubstance use disorder but did not warrant psychiatric hospitalization. However, he was able to a…
51y · Male·multiple gunshot wounds to the chest
Edward Wayne Logan, a 51-year-old Maori man with a history of violence, bipolar disorder, and personality disorder, died after being shot by police at Tewantin, Que…
17y · Female·multiple injuries
…a high-speed vehicle collision on 6 October 2017 while being pursued by police. She had a complex medical history including psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES), depression, anxiety, PTSD, and bipolar disorder. Tox…
18y · Female·Multidrug toxicity (GHB, amphetamines, benzodiazepines)
…iazepines) after being discharged early from a residential rehabilitation program. She had complex trauma history, PTSD, and polysubstance abuse. Following early discharge from the Gippsland Youth Residential Rehabilita…
57y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity, predominantly propoxyphene (Doloxene)
…ined with benzodiazepines. His GP of 13 years prescribed Doloxene for 10 years despite documented alcohol abuse history, which was contraindicated. The GP also prescribed multiple central nervous system depressants (Tem…
34y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Troy William Murray, a 34-year-old man with a long history of substance abuse (primarily amphetamine and alcohol), psychiatric illness, and multiple previous suicid…
19y · Male·Hanging (intentional suicide)
…e death of Duke Mataku Tera, a 19-year-old of Maori descent who died by hanging on 1 May 2007. Duke had a history of depression, substance abuse, anger management issues, and previous suicide attempts. He was under supe…
33y · Male·Multi-organ failure due to sepsis on a background of severe ischaemic cardiomyop…
…ulti-organ failure due to sepsis complicated by severe ischaemic cardiomyopathy. He had a complex medical history including viral myocarditis, previous intestinal resection with colostomy, and recurrent heart failure ad…
42y · Male·Anthony Young: multiple gunshot wounds to the body and arm; David Young: multipl…
…is brother David and David's partner Louise. Anthony had deteriorating mental health including paranoia, substance use, and lack of psychiatric engagement despite family attempts to obtain help. Police responded appropr…
28y · Male·consistent with drowning
Benjamin Pappas, a 28-year-old with a history of substance abuse, depression, borderline personality disorder, and suicidal ideation, died by drowning …
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