128 results for “acute psychiatric crisis”
36y · Male·Gunshot wound to chest
Adam Quddus Salter, aged 36, experienced acute psychiatric decompensation on 18 November 2009 while living at his family home. After stabbing himself mul…
26y · Male·Not able to be determined - skeletalised remains
…torway between February 2018 and April 2019. He presented to Westmead Hospital ED on 14 February 2018 with acute mental health symptoms, including disorientation and dehydration following cannabis use and a period of er…
50y · Male·hanging
…brother's suicide in April 2011, he increased substance use. On 1 July 2012, he called Mercy Mental Health Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team stating he wanted to hang himself and was actively attempting to tie a noose…
62y · Male·drowning
…une 2016 after a rapid deterioration in mental health. He had a long history of depression but experienced acute decompensation with paranoid delusions in the weeks before death, triggered by a petrol spill incident. Fo…
14y · Male·head injuries when struck by a train
…ir relationship. His presentation to Monash on 9 November 2010 with suicidal ideation was assessed by a psychiatric nurse (Nurse Sebille) rather than a child and adolescent psychiatrist as requested by his GP. The asses…
61y · Female·Complications of pulmonary thromboembolism secondary to deep vein thrombosis
…namese woman died from pulmonary thromboembolism secondary to deep vein thrombosis while an involuntary psychiatric patient. She had been admitted following a suicide attempt and was placed on an Assessment Order due to…
27y · Male·unascertained
…disappeared from Kalgoorlie, Western Australia in February 1982, shortly after discharge from hospital for acute psychiatric crisis. He had relocated to Western Australia to avoid compulsory medication in South Australi…
45y · Male·unable to determine
…n-adherent with medication, deteriorate clinically, and refuse voluntary assistance. Early engagement with crisis mental health teams and consideration of involuntary assessment under mental health legislation may have a…
82y · Female·bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism due to left calf deep vein thrombosis
…harm, and suicidality. Investigations (bloods, CXR, CT) were normal. She was appropriately detained for psychiatric assessment. The coroner found the DVT could not have been anticipated or identified, and that death cou…
54y · Female·Hanging
…vere depression and anxiety in early 2011. After two suicide attempts, she was admitted to Austin Health's Acute Psychiatric Unit involuntarily. After 11 days of treatment and progressive day leave, she was approved for…
27y · Male·Self-inflicted wounds
…commendations were made, but the finding highlights the vulnerability of isolated individuals experiencing acute mental health crises without accessible support networks.
32y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a fall from a height
…or compulsory detention based on his calm presentation, despite his father's assertion he was experiencing acute psychosis. Ambulance paramedics attended but conducted no formal assessment. Adam left the scene by taxi a…
30y · Male·neck compression
…, and polysubstance abuse. Despite appropriate clinical management by Forensicare including medication, psychiatric reviews, and placement in a high-observation unit following acute suicidal crisis on 21 June, he was tr…
43y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic encephalopathy resulting from asystolic cardiac arrest due to …
Gregory David Couper, 43, with chronic schizophrenia, experienced a psychiatric crisis at a supported residential care facility on 2 December 1998 and died the next day from restraint…
46y · Male·Multiple blunt traumatic injuries sustained in motor vehicle crash; manner deter…
…is GP appropriately diagnosed the condition and referred him to psychology on 12 September, Ball expressed acute suicidal ideation to his brother and partner within days, specifically mentioning driving under trucks. An…
2y · Male·Asphyxiation due to neck and/or chest compression
… 2-year-old boy died from asphyxiation due to chest and neck compression inflicted by his mother during an acute manic psychotic episode. The mother had been admitted to psychiatric care in December 2008 with psychosis …
23y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
…ms, with multiple presentations to hospital and mental health services. In March 2001, he was admitted for acute psychosis but discharged against medical advice. He failed to attend follow-up psychiatric appointments. O…
23y · Male·Haemorrhage from incised wounds to the neck and wrists
…nflicted knife wounds to his neck and wrists while experiencing a drug-induced psychotic episode following acute methylamphetamine intoxication. He had a complex trauma history including childhood domestic violence expo…
48y · Male·Unknown causes (presumed suicide by drowning)
…closed suicidal preoccupation for ten days—he was not admitted to hospital or given immediate intensive psychiatric care. Dr R. believed the danger had passed after their consultation, but Mr Morgan's condition deterior…
Male·Multiple gunshot wounds from police shooting
…ing as at December 2008. Police had received inadequate training in recognizing vulnerable young people in acute psychiatric crisis, conducting effective risk assessment, or using evidence-based de-escalation techniques…
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