14 results for “acute adjustment disorder to custody”
41y · Male·Hanging
…l Health Service due to resource limitations. His psychiatrist provided good care and found no evidence of acute deterioration before death. The immediate trigger was a visit from his former partner on 13 March 2010, th…
Male·thermal injuries (burns)
…gh the Psychological Support Program, including psychiatric review and monitoring. He was diagnosed with adjustment disorder related to prolonged detention, loss of his protection visa, and fear of deportation to Afghani…
43y · Male·compression of the neck due to hanging
A 43-year-old male veteran died by hanging in a psychiatric inpatient unit while under a Level 2 Inpatient Treatment Order. He was admitted after a high-lethality suicide attempt involving overdose and carbon monoxide ex…
29y · Male·hanging
…gistrar Dr S T urgently requested psychiatric consultant Dr A W review Casey for possible admission to the Acute Assessment Unit, but Dr A W never saw him. Without proper psychiatric review, Casey's suicide risk was dow…
34y · Male·hanging
John Sydney Farmer, aged 34, died by hanging at his home on 23 May 2008, six hours after being granted leave from psychiatric detention at Woodleigh House. He had attempted suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning two days e…
45y · Male·Plastic bag asphyxia
Muhammad Jaffar Hassan, aged 45, died in custody at Metropolitan Remand Centre by plastic bag asphyxia on 9 October 2018. He was remanded for murder follo…
49y · Female·Hanging
…The case highlights challenges in predicting suicide risk, the importance of timely psychiatric review in custody, and the limitations of risk assessment in newly incarcerated first-time offenders under acute psychologi…
39y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
…ea Prison, died by ligature compression of the neck (hanging) on 31 January 2003. He had been admitted to custody in December 2002 following stabbing an ex-girlfriend. Prior psychiatric assessment at Graylands Hospital …
34y · Male·ligature compression of the neck
Fazel Chegeni Nejad, a 34-year-old Iranian asylum seeker, died from ligature compression of the neck in the jungle near Christmas Island immigration detention centre on 8 November 2015. He had spent 1,477 days in detenti…
70y · Male·death by hanging, self-inflicted
…d was subsequently treated with antidepressants and psychiatric care, achieving stability. Upon remand in custody in December 2019, Justice Health obtained limited medical records that omitted his psychiatric history, t…
41y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
…er his death. The MHT operated with only 2-3 nurses per shift and a psychiatrist 4 days weekly for 130-150 acutely unwell prisoners. Critical missed opportunities included failure to follow up when he didn't attend appo…
40y · Female·hypoxic encephalopathy and epilepsy with diffuse fibrillary astrocytoma within t…
Laura Parker, a 40-year-old woman with a long history of epilepsy, borderline personality disorder, and recent seizures, died at the Royal Adelaide Hospital on 16 March 2008 from hypoxic encephalopathy ca…
43y · Male·suffocation by plastic bag (Neil Brooks); neck compression due to strangulation …
Two deaths investigated in joint inquest: Tracy Jayne Foster died by strangulation in December 2002; Neil James Brooks, her partner charged with her murder, died by suffocation while on remand in May 2003. The coroner id…
40y · Female·Head injuries inflicted by axe blows in context of intimate partner domestic abu…
…es despite victim repeatedly expressing fear. Ms Bradford was never informed of her abuser's release from custody. Better integrated safety planning, victim-centred risk assessment, and information sharing could have im…
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