125 results for “acute mental health episode”
43y · Male·Multiple gunshot wounds received during a police operation
…l changes and encouraged him to attend his GP on 10 October, but he assaulted her at his caravan during an acute psychotic episode. Police were called and arrived after a 5.5-hour delay. They confronted him as he emerge…
37y · Female·Effects of fire
…o the vehicle. Toxicology was negative for drugs and alcohol. The coroner concluded Jasmine experienced an acute psychotic episode leading to filicide-suicide. Medical review found appropriate assessment and treatment o…
23y · Female·multiple blunt force injuries from fall from height
…rington, 23, died from multiple blunt force injuries sustained in a fall from a highway off-ramp during an acute psychotic episode induced by cannabis use. She had attended Royal North Shore Hospital the previous day fo…
50y · Male·Pneumonia
…th intellectual disability and schizophrenia, was admitted to Box Hill Hospital on 4 May 2007 following an acute psychotic episode. He was transferred to a mental health unit, then back to Box Hill Hospital on 18 May fo…
45y · Male·Gunshot wounds to the head and left shoulder
…lapse signs (behaviour change, sleep/hygiene disruption), and the critical role of family communication in mental health crises. Earlier intervention when medication non-compliance was detected might have prevented the a…
22y · Male·Multiple injuries secondary to fall from a height
Daniel Woodburn, a 22-year-old with first-episode psychosis presenting with command hallucinations, paranoia and depressed mood, was admitted as a voluntar…
24y · Male·blunt trauma and drowning due to intentional jumping from Tasman Bridge
A 24-year-old male international student and graduate employee experienced his first acute psychotic episode in December 2022, triggered by workplace stress and unsubstantiated beliefs about collea…
23y · Male·cerebral hypoxia secondary to strangulation from hanging by belt
Samuel Dibley, aged 23, was involuntarily admitted to the Mental Health Unit on 19 May 2009 with cannabis-induced psychosis and suicidal ideation. He was placed in the Low…
44y · Male·Gunshot wounds to the trunk and right thigh with subsequent blood loss
…trauma following his son's suicide, was shot by NSW Police during a knife confrontation. He presented with acute intoxication (alcohol and methamphetamine), substance-induced psychotic episode, paranoid delusions about …
30y · Male·unascertained
Bayden Quilkey, 30, died from unascertained causes on 13 March 2008 during an acute psychotic episode while being restrained by police. He had recently moved from Queensland showing signs of…
53y · Male·unknown - no postmortem examination possible
…25 January 2017. He had experienced a domestic violence incident on 6 January 2017, was detained under the Mental Health Act but assessed as not at immediate risk of self-harm, and subsequently left home with minimal bel…
77y · Female·Asphyxia from manual strangulation and smothering
Margaret Nicol Foran, aged 77, was killed by her son while he was experiencing an acute psychotic episode at her home in Launceston, Tasmania, between 22-23 April 2012. The cause of death was as…
64y · Female·fatal cardiac arrhythmia in a lady with obstructed sleep apnoea, obesity and suf…
…year-old woman with bipolar disorder, severe obstructive sleep apnoea, obesity and diabetes presented with acute psychotic relapse following stress and sleep deprivation. Initially admitted to ED where she was sedated w…
21y · Male·Head injury sustained in fall from height
A 21-year-old university student with first-episode schizophreniform disorder died from head injury sustained jumping from a 3-metre hospital courtyard wall …
29y · Male·gunshot wound to the chest
… the police response appropriate and lawful. Clinical lessons include recognizing that rapid escalation in acute mental health crises with weapons can prevent de-escalation, and that medication non-compliance combined w…
46y · Male·asphyxia by hanging
Peter Zovak, a 46-year-old with substance use history, presented to mental health services in November 2013 with first-episode psychosis. After initial hospital assessment and two C…
30y · Male·gunshot wound to the head as a result of a police operation
…kmool, aged 30, died on 26 July 2017 after being shot by NSW Police at Central Railway Station following a mental health crisis. He was experiencing acute psychosis with paranoid delusions that his family intended to har…
70y · Female·Asphyxia due to airway obstruction
…0-year-old retired psychiatric nurse, died from asphyxia due to airway obstruction while an inpatient in a mental health unit. She was admitted with first-episode mania with psychotic features, triggered by financial sca…
51y · Female·drowning
…lding, a 51-year-old transgender female with longstanding bipolar affective disorder and recent psychotic episodes, died by drowning on 13 October 2017 after taking an unmanned dinghy into Copper Alley Bay without a lif…
30y · Male·head and chest injuries sustained in a fall from a height
…h his sister, he abruptly exhibited manic behaviour, absconded from the car, and subsequently jumped while acutely psychotic. The coroner found the death resulted from an impulsive act driven by psychotic symptoms that …
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