214 results for “major depressive disorder”
41y · Male·Hanging
Timothy Casey, a 41-year-old remand prisoner with a history of major depressive disorder and drug/alcohol dependence, died by hanging in Port Phillip Prison in March 2008. The…
74y · Female·right lower lobe pneumonia (Staphylococcus aureus)
A 74-year-old woman admitted for depression and functional decline following aortic valve replacement received 15mg Nitrazepam instead of prescribed 15mg Mirtazapine due to drug name confusion. The sedation caused aspira…
54y · Male·gunshot wound to the head
…s may inadequately assess ongoing risk in relapsing-remitting conditions; (2) patients with substance use disorders require ongoing monitoring; (3) therapeutic alliance with treating clinicians may be compromised if doct…
50y · Male·mixed drug (oxycodone and methadone) and ethanol toxicity
A 50-year-old Torres Strait Islander man died from mixed drug (oxycodone and methadone) and ethanol toxicity in the context of family violence and suicidality. He had a 7-year history of suicide attempts and mental healt…
57y · Male·Gunshot wounds to the head and abdomen
Martin Sheahan, 57, was fatally shot by Glenn Usher-Clarke at his home on 26 January 2022. Usher-Clarke, who held a NSW firearms licence and permit to acquire, legally purchased a shotgun in Victoria on 17 December 2021 …
57y · Female·Injuries sustained when struck by a train
Mairi Elizabeth Noble, a 57-year-old woman with a history of alcoholism who achieved sobriety, presented to the Northern Hospital ED twice in the days before her death by suicide. She was discharged prematurely on 21 Feb…
Eva Arany: gunshot wound to the neck; Jeno Arany: traumatic brain damage complic…
An elderly man with severe depression, suicidal ideation, and ongoing psychiatric risk was hospitalised twice in 2000 and discharged on antidepressant medication. Despite staff identifying he owned seven firearms and pos…
18y · Male·Sodium nitrite toxicity
…s in mental health service accessibility contributed to a young person remaining isolated with untreated depressive symptoms and access to lethal means.
27y · Male·left temporal intracerebral haemorrhage due to arteriovenous malformation
Michael John Hulsinga, a 27-year-old male inmate with schizophrenia, died in custody from a spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage due to arteriovenous malformation. He collapsed suddenly while eating dinner in his cell a…
38y · Female·neck compression (hanging)
RR, a 38-year-old woman with complex mental health history including PTSD, substance use disorder, and borderline personality traits, was admitted to Bloomfield Hospital on 12 April 2015 following an ove…
38y · Male·gunshot wound to the left side of the neck resulting in basal skull fracture, su…
Geoffrey Russell Mason, aged 38, died from a gunshot wound to the neck fired by Constable Mitchell during a police response to a domestic incident on 17 February 2020 in Tasmania. Mason was intoxicated, had a long histor…
52y · Female·Hanging due to depression
Mrs B, a 52-year-old woman with a 17-year history of recurrent depression, suicidal ideation, and borderline personality traits, was admitted to Cairns Base Hospital Mental Health Unit on 11 March 2008 with escalating su…
53y · Female·Combined drug toxicity (propranolol and insulin)
A 53-year-old registered nurse with longstanding depression, anxiety and benzodiazepine dependency died from combined drug toxicity (propranolol and insulin) in what was determined to be an intentional overdose. Ms Webst…
34y · Female·Multiple injuries from pedestrian motor vehicle collision; suicide by stepping i…
Jennifer Bell, a 34-year-old woman with severe postnatal depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and borderline personality disorder, died by suicide on 2 October 2007 after stepping into the path of a…
49y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Barry Matt Stuart, a 49-year-old prisoner at Hakea Prison, died by suicide via ligature compression of the neck in November 2013. Critical clinical lessons include: (1) maintaining psychiatric continuity of care is essen…
42y · Female·Incised injury to the neck
A 42-year-old woman with depression and suicidal ideation died by self-inflicted neck laceration while admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit. She had been assessed as low risk and placed on 30-minute observations. Cli…
20y · Unknown·Traumatic brain damage complicating gunshot wound to the head
Two young adults aged 20 died from gunshot wounds to the head on 29-30 May 2001 in what appears to be a murder-suicide involving Peter Klingner and his girlfriend Cheree Dinsdale. Klingner had paranoid schizophrenia with…
45y · Male·Gunshot injury to the chest (self-inflicted)
Scott Andrew Blanchard, a 45-year-old Detective Sergeant with the Western Australian Police Gang Crime Squad, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound while on duty near Kalgoorlie. In June 2015, following a trip to Thai…
42y · Male·incised wound to the neck
Wesley Robert Jennings, a 42-year-old male with long-standing depression, anxiety, hepatitis C and substance use history, died by suicide by incised neck wound whilst on remand in prison. The coroner found no demonstrabl…
54y · Male·Extensive burns due to detonation of LPG gas cylinder
A 54-year-old man with chronic severe depression, grief from his wife's sudden death, severe debilitating skin condition, and alcohol dependence called emergency services on 12 December 2015, warning them not to approach…
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