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43y · Male·Pneumonia
Jeffrey John Hartwig, a 43-year-old with chronic schizophrenia and opiate dependence, died from pneumonia following cardiorespiratory collapse on an acute psychiatric inpatient unit. He was on multiple psychoactive medic…
37y · Male·Multiple injuries (motor vehicle impact – pedestrian)
Justin Connell, a 37-year-old man with schizophrenia, died from multiple injuries sustained in a pedestrian–motor vehicle collision on 13 February 2013. He had been diagnosed with schizophrenia in October 2012 and prescr…
37, 9, 5y · Female, male, male·Effects of fire
Three deaths (mother and two young sons) resulting from a fire deliberately set by the mother. A 37-year-old educated woman from India living in Australia experienced escalating isolation, marital conflict, and lack of e…
48y · Female·Head injury
Frances May Cooper, a 48-year-old woman with chronic paranoid schizophrenia, died from head injuries after being struck by a train on 30 October 2011 while on unescorted leave from the mental health unit at Kalgoorlie Re…
38y · Female·multiple stab injuries to the chest and abdomen
A 38-year-old woman was fatally stabbed by her former partner, Bradley Carolus, in May 2010. Three days before the homicide, Carolus had been apprehended by police under mental health legislation following a volatile epi…
59y · Male·Cardiac arrest caused by Ischaemic Heart Disease
Angus Dixon, a 59-year-old Aboriginal man with ischaemic heart disease, diabetes, and a history of paranoid psychosis, died from acute myocardial infarction while an involuntary mental health patient at Alice Springs Hos…
Female·Multiple injuries
Yvonne Henderson was a middle-aged woman with chronic delusional disorder who died in a motor vehicle collision on 6 December 2010 while on approved leave from psychiatric hospitalisation. She was an involuntary patient …
65y · Female·Early bronchopneumonia and hypoxic brain injury following aspiration of food (ch…
Anna Maria Cameron, a 65-year-old woman with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, died from aspiration choking while eating on a psychiatric ward. She had been recently transferred to a rehabilitation unit for reassessment…
52y · Female·gunshot wound to head
Leanne Patterson, 52, was shot and killed by her husband Neil in a murder-suicide on 5-6 January 2013. She had been sedated with clonazepam (prescribed to her husband) and zolpidem at the time of her death. The death occ…
35y · Male·unknown
Michael John Holmes, aged 35, disappeared from his boarding house in Hobart on 26 July 1988 and was not reported missing until 28 October 1988. He had a significant psychiatric history including multiple suicide attempts…
23y · Male·Hanging whilst suffering acute mental illness, most likely a first episode delus…
A 23-year-old man in custody died by hanging in May 2011 while experiencing untreated first-episode psychosis with paranoid delusions. He had expressed suicidal ideation on 20 April and was assessed by a Risk Interventio…
62y · Male·Head injuries sustained in a fall from height
Robert Keith Knight, aged 62, died from head injuries sustained after jumping from a 3.86-metre handrail at the Metropolitan Remand Centre on 23 April 2013. He had been on remand for six months. Although Knight had no pr…
28y · Male·Hanging
James Daniel Simpson, a 28-year-old man incarcerated at Melbourne Assessment Prison, died by hanging on 22 August 2014, hours after being acquitted on some charges and returning to prison with expectations of future rele…
79y · Male·Unascertained
A 79-year-old man with vascular dementia, cerebrovascular disease, and a history of violent behaviour was placed under a non-custodial supervision order following a mental impairment finding. Approved leave to visit fami…
23y · Male·injuries sustained when struck by train
Jarrod Christie, 23, a voluntary then involuntary psychiatric inpatient at Maroondah Hospital, absconded from the high-dependency unit on 22 December 2012 and died by suicide. Clinical lessons include: (1) GPs should ful…
48y · Male·Anaplastic astrocytoma
Robert Przychodski, a 48-year-old man with longstanding psychiatric illness, intellectual disability, epilepsy and a progressive anaplastic astrocytoma, died in the Werribee Mercy Palliative Care Unit from his brain tumo…
38y · Male·Combined effects of methylamphetamine toxicity, violent struggle, and positional…
Kevin Norris, 38, died in police custody after methamphetamine intoxication, violent police restraint at McDonald's, and positional asphyxia at Bowral Police Station. He had schizophrenia and was on a Community Treatment…
45y · Female·Multi-drug toxicity
Christine Drinnan, aged 45, died from multi-drug toxicity involving lethal morphine levels combined with pethidine, quetiapine, benzodiazepines and alcohol. Over 12 years, her GP Dr H. prescribed dangerous quantities of …
36y · Male·Unknown - advanced decomposition precluded determination
Scott Clements, a 36-year-old man with longstanding mental illness, depression, substance use disorder and multiple suicide attempts, was found dead at his home between 19 August and 14 October 2014. His body was in adva…
24y · Female·Pentobarbitone toxicity
24-year-old Daniella Sessarego died from pentobarbitone toxicity following intentional ingestion. She had borderline personality disorder and depression with a history of self-harm and suicidality. On 12 August 2014, she…
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