177 results for “severe anxiety”
46y · Female·Ms Glendinning: multiple sharp force injuries (suicide); Jane Lesley Margaret Cu…
Heather Glendinning, severely mentally ill with chronic paranoid delusions exacerbated by cannabis abuse and stress from family court …
43y · Female·suffocation
Ms K, aged 43, was killed by her husband through suffocation on 7 March 2017 after years of coercive control, physical violence, and emotional abuse. A critical police response on 17 August 2016 when Ms K reported car va…
28y · Male·neck compression subsequent upon hanging
Matthew Spalding, a 28-year-old psychiatric inpatient with borderline personality disorder and recent psychotic symptoms, died by hanging on 25 April 2009. He had been admitted to the Adult Acute Unit at Ballarat Health …
48y · Female·Ischaemic bowel, with contributing conditions of coronary artery disease, diabet…
… She was never medically screened despite being received during an unprecedented COVID-19 outbreak causing severe staff shortages. Throughout her custody, she reported nausea, vomiting, inability to eat or drink, and req…
49y · Male·hanging (suicide)
…discharge from Ward B8 (psychiatric short-stay unit) at Royal Adelaide Hospital. He had been admitted with severe depression and active suicidal ideation. The coroner found his discharge was premature and inappropriate. …
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 …
69y · Female·faecal peritonitis due to small bowel obstruction and perforation due to periton…
A 69-year-old woman presented to the Emergency Department with abdominal pain and vomiting. The doctor did not take adequate history, perform thorough physical examination, or order basic investigations including blood t…
Male·Hunt: self-inflicted gunshot wound to head; Reynolds: self-inflicted gunshot wou…
…on duty; his death appeared unrelated to policing. Sergeant Cooke died by hanging after years of untreated severe PTSD from cumulative trauma exposure. The coroner identified failures in welfare protocols, fatigue manage…
32y · Female·Cardiac arrest due to hypoxia caused by dynamic hyperinflation arising from comp…
…rway caused dynamic hyperinflation, leading to cardiac arrest. The autopsy revealed previously undiagnosed severe subglottic stenosis. Earlier recognition would have allowed joint surgical-anaesthetic planning or procedu…
45y · Male·Environmental exposure and dehydration
A 45-year-old Aboriginal man with severe cognitive impairment (6.5-year-old equivalent English comprehension), traumatic brain injury, epilepsy and…
50y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
…n coordinating custodial and health staff. The coroner found no individual clinician error but highlighted severe resource constraints, overcrowding, and the absence of any psychiatrist at Hakea Prison at the time of inq…
0y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy
…ivery on 1 March 2005. After artificial rupture of membranes during labour induction, the foetus developed severe, sustained bradycardia lasting approximately 30 minutes before delivery. The emergency caesarean section d…
Female·Miranda Howard: aspiration pneumonia complicating overdose of prescription medic…
Two young women with borderline personality disorder (BPD) died by suicide after inadequate mental health care in South Australia. Miranda Howard (22) died from aspiration pneumonia following overdose; Aurora McPherson-S…
Male·Gunshot wounds to the head
…mith (58) on 1 June 2023. Wayne had 20-year history of chronic depression and suicidal ideation, including severe crisis in May 2020 with suicide plans. He recovered with antidepressants and lithium, but his firearms lic…
50; 37y · Male; male·Mark John Furlan: hypoxic brain injury due to acute neck compression due to hang…
Two men died by hanging while detained under inpatient treatment orders at Ward 2G of Royal Adelaide Hospital. Mark Furlan (50) died in 2018 after developing psychotic depression with suicidal ideation. The coroner found…
suicide by hanging or other means
…tion risk assessment (particularly cumulative harm analysis), inadequate mental health services with CAMHS severely under-resourced, media reporting breaching Mindframe guidelines following Child 3's death possibly contr…
Female·self-inflicted hanging (Fionica and Layla); hanging but circumstances open (Ketu…
…mote NT communities, all with documented histories of sexual abuse, domestic violence, STIs, injuries, and severe trauma. All were known to government agencies. Fionica was pursued by an adult male who threatened her fam…
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