93 results for “PTSD”
35y · Male·multi-drug toxicity
CPL Ian Turner, a 35-year-old Special Forces soldier with combat-related PTSD, died from multi-drug toxicity in July 2017. His death followed multiple deployments to Afghanistan and Ira…
37y · Male·asphyxia due to oxygen deprivation secondary to inhalation of helium
Andrew Nolan Christie, a 37-year-old former soldier with PTSD and back pain, died by suicide using helium inhalation on 16 August 2017. Key clinical lessons: (1) Militar…
36y · Male·hanging
…, classified as a death in custody. He had a long history of methamphetamine dependence, unresolved trauma, PTSD, and ADHD. At death he was heavily intoxicated with methamphetamine. Key precipitants included relationship…
Male·Darren Wallace: single gunshot wound to right side of neck. TBD: two self-inflic…
…ls Outlaw Motorcycle Gang. TBD, a 31-year-old former ADF member with severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), alcohol use disorder, and stimulant use disorder, shot and killed Darren Wallace (32) at a service statio…
Male·Hunt: self-inflicted gunshot wound to head; Reynolds: self-inflicted gunshot wou…
…y; 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 management p…
45y · Male·mixed drug toxicity
Glenn Sturley Meyer, aged 45, died from mixed drug toxicity on 22 August 2019. He had chronic pain, PTSD, depression and anxiety managed with oxycodone and diazepam. He also had obesity and probable obstructive s…
38y · Female·unknown
…d in January 2014 and is presumed dead. She was a 38-year-old woman with a history of psychological trauma, PTSD, anxiety, and cannabis use. Following her mother's death in October 2013 and receipt of a harsh letter from…
54y · Female·Complications of mixed drug toxicity (opiates, zolpidem, benzodiazepines and dox…
A 54-year-old woman with a history of PTSD, depression and suicidal ideation died from mixed drug toxicity (opiates, zolpidem, benzodiazepines, doxyla…
21y · Male·heroin toxicity
…etention bail. He had been engaged in a methadone program and psychological treatment for heroin addiction, PTSD, depression and anxiety since June 2015. Despite medical supervision and documented heavy heroin use ($600-…
43y · Male·methylamphetamine and heroin toxicity
…oxicity while on home detention bail. He had a complex psychiatric history including depression, psychosis, PTSD, and polysubstance use disorder, with previous suicide attempts and admissions. He was engaged with mental …
50y · Male·Neck compression and hanging
BE, a 50-year-old former Australian Army veteran with PTSD, depression, and past polysubstance use, died by suicide via hanging. He had been engaged with psychiatric …
23y · Female·Multiple injuries received in a deliberate motor vehicle collision
…ua Booth on 28 May 2020. Booth had been experiencing significant mental health issues including depression, PTSD, anxiety and panic disorder. He had been prescribed multiple antidepressants with poor compliance. Two days…
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 diagn…
34y · Female·multiple drug toxicity
…ty and complex mental health conditions including bipolar II disorder, borderline personality disorder, and PTSD, died from multiple drug toxicity on 7-8 February 2017, two days after hospital discharge. She ingested pre…
20y · Male·Hanging
…, aged 20, died by hanging in Mildura in June 2019. He had a documented history of mental illness including PTSD stemming from exposure to traumatic internet imagery at age 10, a prior suicide attempt in 2015, and a suic…
44y · Male·Multiple traumatic injuries sustained in a fall from height
…ice officer with 24 years service, died by suicide at Minyon Falls on 16 December 2013 while suffering from PTSD, depression and alcohol dependence. The coroner found these conditions arose from exposure to traumatic inc…
36y · Male·Gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen
…ence call. Lewis had a history of brain injury from age 11, substance abuse, mental health issues including PTSD and drug-induced psychosis, and was prescribed antipsychotics. On the day of death, he consumed alcohol and…
23y · Female·Injuries sustained in a fall from a height
…lcohol and MDMA at Crown Casino. She had a complex psychiatric history including major depression, anxiety, PTSD, and substance abuse, with multiple prior suicide attempts. She was discharged from Youth Mood Clinic on 7 …
33y · Unknown·neck compression secondary to hanging
…with complex psychiatric diagnoses including schizoaffective disorder, borderline personality disorder, and PTSD, died by hanging while remanded in custody at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre on 2 September 2023. They had a chr…
62y · Male·Self-inflicted intentional hanging
…d by hanging in an immigration detention centre on 15 June 2013. He had experienced anxiety, depression and PTSD during detention and was under psychological care. Although he never explicitly expressed suicidal ideation…
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