92 results for “acute psychotic symptoms”
17y · Male·cranial and facial trauma
A 17-year-old male with acute schizophrenia died from cranial and facial trauma after running off a 15.6-metre cliff during a psychotic …
69y · Male·Blunt head trauma
…with a sledgehammer in Katherine on 3 December 2013. Osborne was experiencing untreated schizophrenia with acute psychotic symptoms and believed his victim was someone else (Les Pearce). Osborne had been seen in the Kat…
54y · Female·unascertainable
… February 2011 after reporting suicidal ideation and three suicide attempts. She presented with signs of psychotic illness including bizarre behaviour, religious ideation, and visual phenomena, but was not prescribed an…
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 …
Unknown·Mia: Stab wound to heart; Thomas: Stab wound to brain
…ere fatally stabbed at a Queensland hostel on 23 August 2016 by a French backpacker, Smail Ayad, who was psychotic and cannabis-intoxicated. Ayad had displayed paranoid ideation, paranoid schizophrenia, and major depres…
18y · Male·compression of the neck in keeping with hanging
…al man died by hanging three days after release from prison on home detention bail. He had been displaying acute psychotic symptoms while in prison custody, placed under camera observation due to suicide risk. Upon rele…
Male·RP: fatal pressure to the neck; DJ: neck compression
… at the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre after being placed with mentally ill cellmates exhibiting acute psychosis. RP died in 2010 from injuries inflicted by cellmate MA, who was suffering untreated schizophren…
26y · Male·Gunshot wound to head
…ry 2005 with psychiatric support mentioned as available, there was no documented psychiatric assessment of acute paranoia or psychosis post-procedure. Joannou continued using cocaine and other drugs despite the implant.…
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…
30y · Male·Acute Cardiac Dysrhythmia of Uncertain Aetiology
…vanni Mario Franco, a 30-year-old man with schizophrenia, died on 10 March 1998 at Graylands Hospital from acute cardiac dysrhythmia of uncertain aetiology. During his final admission in February 1998, he developed seve…
51y · Female·drowning
Laura Golding, 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 with…
45y · Male·unable to determine
…deation about conspiracies, and appeared confused and distressed. Notably, he had stopped taking his antipsychotic medication (Zyprexia) after missing a scheduled appointment in May 2013. His general practitioner recogn…
60y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
A 60-year-old man with schizophrenia and depression presented to Maroondah Hospital ED with acute psychotic symptoms after stopping his antipsychotic medication (trifluoperazine) due to manufacturer disco…
24y · Male·complications of ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Vincent Schwenke, a 24-year-old male of Maori descent, developed acute psychotic symptoms after ceasing cannabis use and was admitted to a secure mental health unit as an involu…
85y · Female·aspiration of gastric contents following vomiting
…14 from aspiration of gastric contents following vomiting. She was admitted to the Roy Fagan Centre with psychotic depression and was under a Mental Health Act treatment order. During the week before death, she develope…
59y · Female·multiple injuries from fall from height
…pine, died from multiple injuries after falling from her third-floor balcony on 12 October 2017 during a psychotic relapse. The death occurred shortly after the unexpected death of her long-term partner and de facto fat…
18y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head (self-inflicted)
…al records from childhood documented suspected abuse. The death highlights the importance of identifying psychotic symptoms and early trauma in young people, though retrospectively preventive opportunities were limited …
32y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a fall from a height
…erpass in Melbourne. In the early hours of 24 November, his father called triple zero reporting Adam was psychotic with paranoid delusions. Victoria Police officers assessed Adam using section 351 Mental Health Act and …
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 Hea…
45y · Male·gunshot wound to the chest
… police into shooting him. His judgment was significantly impaired by methylamphetamine intoxication and psychotic symptoms; he had not taken his prescribed antipsychotic medication for at least 33 hours. Despite multip…
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