18 results for “acute stress reaction”
49y · Male·Carbon monoxide toxicity
…pt presented to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital ED on 26 March 2010 with suicidal ideation triggered by work stress. Psychiatric clinicians conducted comprehensive assessment, overnight observation, and reassessment. Thoug…
49y · Male·Probable suicide by drowning; medical cause of death unable to be determined in …
…ortance of timely coronial investigation of long-term missing persons and demonstrates how seemingly minor stressors can have fatal consequences in vulnerable individuals. The 32-year delay in coronial referral underscor…
40y · Female·acute right-sided congestive heart failure (cor pulmonale) resulting from intrav…
Kaylene Mundy, aged 40, died from acute right-sided congestive heart failure (cor pulmonale) caused by intravenous injection of crushed alprazolam…
84y · Female·allergic reaction to metoclopramide (Maxalon) in a woman with acute myocardial i…
An 84-year-old woman with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and ischaemic bowel died following an allergic reaction to intramuscular metoc…
73y · Male·ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis
…evere coronary atherosclerosis with multiple blocked coronary vessels and grafts, making him vulnerable to stress-induced myocardial infarction. The coroner concluded the emotional stress of false accusation combined wit…
22y · Male·Intentional self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head
…n underage sexual relationship). He escaped from police cells within an hour of arrest and, overwhelmed by stress from relationship breakdown, family conflict, pending criminal charges, and fear of imprisonment, obtained…
29y · Male·unknown, probably immersion
…oluntary detention decisions when patients present with documented suicide plans, self-harm behaviour, and acute destabilisation. Earlier intervention by mental health services and more robust safety planning following …
48y · Male·drowning
…ealth waiting room at Bayview House while awaiting transfer to hospital. He had returned from Ireland with acute psychosis triggered by his mother's sudden death, a distressing plane incident, and sleep deprivation. Des…
32y · Male·Systemic sarcoidosis with severe steatosis and acute myocardial infarction
…th unit shortly after receiving emergency intramuscular sedation (haloperidol 10mg and midazolam 10mg) for acute agitation and refusal of oral medication. While the patient's family was concerned about haloperidol use g…
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…
36y · Male·Acute on Chronic Myocardial Infarction
… problems, seizures, and non-compliance with medication, died in East Perth Lockup on 9 December 2000 from acute on chronic myocardial infarction. He was lawfully arrested for breaching a violence restraining order and …
34y · Male·asphyxiation by hanging
A 34-year-old Aboriginal male died by suicide while on remand in prison. Despite a history of suicide attempts in 2004-2005, reception screening failed to identify suicide risk, partly because electronic alerts were not …
38 and 3y · Female and male·Stacey: hanging; Seth: undetermined causes (likely suffocation, drowning, or str…
Stacey Docherty, a 38-year-old woman with complex post-traumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder resulting from childhood sexual abuse, killed her 3-year-old …
23y · Male·hanging
… need to assess whether disclose of suicidality, in context, indicates apparent mental illness rather than acute reaction to circumstances, and that suicide prevention requires comprehensive assessment and appropriate i…
19y · Male·hypoxic brain injury following asphyxia due to hanging
Jordan Kirkwood, a 19-year-old male, died by hanging on 30 April 2019 after being admitted to a newly established community-based mental health program (MHHITH) on 3 April 2019. He presented with depression, cannabis wit…
54y · Male·quetiapine toxicity in a man with ischaemic heart disease
Shane Pappas, a 54-year-old man with ischaemic heart disease, died from quetiapine toxicity after deliberately overdosing on multiple medications on 29 June 2021. He had experienced a recent relationship breakdown and pr…
42y · Female·Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy with antecedent cause being self-caused near mis…
Tania Pauline Lioulios, a 42-year-old psychologist, died from hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy following a self-inflicted hanging in a Corrective Services transport vehicle on 4 July 2008. She had presented to mental heal…
33y · Male·Neck compression (hanging)
Thompson James Harvey, aged 33, died by hanging in his cell at Capricornia Correctional Centre on 13 November 2017, four days after remand for serious offences including attempted murder. He had a recent suicide attempt …
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