367 results for “general anxiety disorder”
60y · Female·hanging
Margaret McCall, a 60-year-old woman with chronic regional pain syndrome and longstanding anxiety and depression, died by hanging. She received multiple ketamine infusions for pain management, with cessa…
31y · Male·Hanging
Mr A, a 31-year-old man with a history of family violence, substance misuse, and mental health issues, died by hanging in April 2018. Key clinical lessons include: (1) the importance of regular, systematic mental health …
54y · Female·Hanging
A 54-year-old woman with a history of puerperal psychosis presented with severe depression and anxiety in early 2011. After two suicide attempts, she was admitted to Austin Health's Acute Psychiatric Unit inv…
27y · Female·Cardiac arrhythmia (first confirmed as ventricular fibrillation) of unascertaine…
…iolence order (APVO). She had been assaulted 5 days prior, experiencing significant psychological trauma, anxiety, and hypervigilance whilst awaiting legal protection. She collapsed whilst documenting the alleged breach…
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…
27y · Male·gunshot injury to the head
A 27-year-old Western Australian police officer with a longstanding history of depression and anxiety took his own life using his police-issued firearm stored at home. He had struggled with mental health sin…
46y · Male·cause of death cannot be determined
Trevor Besgrove, a 46-year-old man with complex mental health issues including borderline schizophrenia, depression, and a history of trauma and substance use, was found deceased in his Bicheno home after an estimated tw…
Sodium nitrite toxicity
A 63-year-old man with a history of depression, anxiety, and chronic medical conditions including emphysema and blindness, and his 32-year-old daughter with depr…
67y · Male·Head injuries sustained from a fall from the upstairs landing in Goldsmith G Blo…
…n 6 February 2017 after falling head-first from a landing. He had a complex psychiatric history including anxiety, depression, hyponatraemia, and two previous psychiatric admissions. Whilst in prison, he received approp…
44y · Male·unascertained - may have been injury from fall, drowning, or predation from mari…
… 2021 in the Indian Ocean off Exmouth, WA. He had an undiagnosed paranoid schizophrenia with a history of anxiety, depression, and previous suicidal ideation, managed with olanzapine since July 2020. Medical records wer…
31y · Male·asphyxia due to self-inflicted hanging
…r 2019, over two years after discharge from the Royal Australian Navy. He suffered from Bipolar Affective Disorder (BPAD), a genetic condition not causally related to his naval service, though initially misdiagnosed whil…
69y · Female·Asphyxiation consistent with hanging
…y Hospital with seizures and subacute encephalopathy developed rapidly fluctuating mental state including anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, and cognitive impairment. While individual investigations were appropriat…
53y · Female·self-inflicted hanging
Paula Schubert, a 53-year-old with schizophreniform psychosis, died by hanging after experiencing workplace stress and abandonment by mental health services. Her employer initiated a demotion process despite her known me…
30y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (codeine, tramadol, oxazepam, diazepam)
Dean Wright, a 30-year-old man with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety and opioid dependence, died from mixed drug toxicity involving codeine, tramadol,…
64y · Female·Combined toxicity to alcohol and baclofen
…l and baclofen on 30 April 2020. She had a 40+ year history of alcohol dependency, borderline personality disorder, depression, and multiple suicide attempts. Baclofen was prescribed off-label for alcohol craving managem…
85y · Female·general inanition on a background of vascular dementia and a recent right neck o…
…creased mobility and food/fluid intake, transitioning to comfort care before dying on 31 August 2020 from general inanition. The coroner found care was exemplary, with appropriate balance between safety and autonomy. No…
43y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
…ntrolling behaviour, stalking, sexual coercion, emotional abuse, and financial control. Mr Floyd accessed general practice and social worker support, disclosing relationship concerns but not explicit homicidal ideation.…
54y · Male·Died by hanging while suffering from the effects of Post-traumatic Stress Disord…
A 54-year-old NSW police officer died by suicide while suffering from PTSD and Bipolar Disorder. He had witnessed multiple traumatic incidents during his 25-year career and was diagnosed with Bipolar D…
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 dete…
25y · Female·Neck compression secondary to hanging
CM, a 25-year-old woman experiencing depression, anxiety, and substance misuse, died by suicide while in an intimate partner relationship characterised by documen…
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