212 results for “involuntary psychiatric admission”
58y · Male·coronary artery arteriosclerosis (natural causes)
…elapse. He re-presented on 22 April 2020 with florid psychosis and was admitted to BMHU under a Form 6A involuntary treatment order. He collapsed on 27 April 2020 and could not be revived. The coroner found clinical car…
64y · Female·hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy caused by neck compression and hanging
…dhood trauma, anxiety and depression was admitted to an acute mental health unit (Kurrajong Unit) under involuntary care following a suicide attempt. Within 24 hours, she accessed a cord/drawstring and died by hanging. …
79y · Male·external neck compression as a result of hanging
… a Victorian Community Treatment Order (CTO) requiring fortnightly antipsychotic injections and regular psychiatric review before transferring to NSW. Once in NSW, critical failures occurred: his CTO was not implemented…
37y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (methadone, diazepam, clonazepam, amisulpride, olanzapine, h…
Susan Robb, 37, was admitted involuntarily to Northern Hospital Psychiatric Unit with deteriorating mental health and on a Community Treatment Order. Three weeks after self-discon…
42y · Female·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
…rioration, she was admitted to Busselton District Hospital on 18 August 2003 and transferred to Bentley Psychiatric Hospital on 21 August. Although assessed as a voluntary patient with protective factors (family support…
20y · Female·Ligature compression of the neck
Jessica Mary Dewhurst, aged 20, died by ligature compression of the neck on 27 May 2003 in the secure ward of Swan Adult Mental Health Services. She had a history of depression, psychosis, substance abuse, and prior suic…
38y · Male·electrical injury
…ion at home on 17 November 2022 while on a Community Treatment Order (CTO). He had experienced multiple psychiatric relapses requiring hospitalization, with the most recent admission ending 4 October 2022. Despite regul…
37y · Male·blunt force injuries to the head and chest from jumping off an 8.65 metre roof
…ttempted suicide by jumping overboard. He was rescued and admitted involuntarily to Cowdy Ward, an open psychiatric ward, following assessment in the ED. He was assessed as highest risk for suicide but placed on 15-minu…
54y · Male·Global cerebral hypoxic injury due to or as a consequence of status epilepticus
… he developed profound sedation and neurological deterioration. Critical issues included: lack of daily psychiatric review in the Special Care Unit (he was not seen on day 3 post-sedation); delayed recognition of seriou…
61y · Male·Complications of cutaneous burns
…and extensive history of arson, suicide attempts and self-harm was admitted as a voluntary patient to a psychiatric inpatient unit and later made involuntary. Despite clinical concerns about his mental state, he was pro…
42y · Male·Upper airway obstruction (choking) in an obese man with atherosclerotic heart di…
…m upper airway obstruction (choking) on food while dining at home. He had been recently discharged from psychiatric inpatient care on a Community Treatment Order with a stable medication regimen including quetiapine, so…
49y · Female·Respiratory failure sequential to ingestion of Glyphosate due to depression and …
…d teacher, died by suicide via glyphosate ingestion on 18 February 2006, four days after discharge from psychiatric hospitalization for a serious self-harm attempt (throat laceration). She had complex comorbid Major Dep…
34y · Male·hanging
…y Farmer, aged 34, died by hanging at his home on 23 May 2008, six hours after being granted leave from psychiatric detention at Woodleigh House. He had attempted suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning two days earlier fo…
63y · Male·Unascertained - natural causes. Cardiac arrest with secondary hypoxic-ischaemic …
…high risk and managed under Mental Health Act orders. Despite reasonable and appropriate care including psychiatric reviews, a CT brain scan, and septic screen, he suffered unexplained cardiac arrest on 29 March 2024 wh…
40y · Female·The medical cause of death was unable to be determined. Manner of death: uninten…
… presentation on 21 April when she was found semi-naked at the airport – staff did not access her known psychiatric history despite police providing her name, missing a clear opportunity for admission; (2) inadequate ps…
38y · Female·Asphyxiation by plastic bag
…ied by asphyxiation using a plastic bag in Ward GE of Nambour Hospital on 24 March 2005, five days after admission for psychiatric care following a suicide attempt. The coroner found no criminal culpability. Key clinica…
41y · Male·Multiple traumatic injuries
…examined the death of a 40-year-old man who died by suicide following a fall from a cliff. He had three involuntary admissions to mental health facilities in a fortnight before his death. Critical clinical lessons inclu…
32y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
…-old man with depression, alcohol abuse, and acromegaly, died by hanging on 12 July 2011, shortly after involuntary admission to Graylands Hospital's Smith Ward. He had presented to Tom Price Hospital on 8 July followin…
55y · Male·Hanging
Peter Tully, 55, died by hanging 4 days after discharge from his first psychiatric admission for major depressive disorder with suicidality. He had made 3 suicide attempts in the week be…
30y · Male·methadone toxicity
…ar-old man with schizoaffective disorder, narcolepsy, and obesity died from methadone toxicity while an involuntary psychiatric patient. He was prescribed multiple sedating medications including methadone, benzodiazepin…
AI-generated summary and tagging — may contain inaccuracies; refer to original finding for legal purposes. Report an inaccuracy.