61 results for “acute suicidality”
21y · Male·Hanging
…-up within three weeks and assessment for suicidal ideation (none identified). The death occurred after an acute stressor (licence suspension) combined with acute alcohol intoxication. The coroner noted that while SSRIs…
18y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
TK, an 18-year-old woman with borderline personality disorder, chronic suicidality, and a history of childhood trauma, died from mixed drug toxicity following intentional overdose. She h…
34y · Female·multiple drug toxicity
Katherine Alexander, a 34-year-old woman with chronic suicidality and complex mental health conditions including bipolar II disorder, borderline personality disorder, an…
32y · Male·unascertained; most likely exposure after walking in bushland
…ance use, and previous suicide attempts, disappeared on 11 December 2003, one week after discharge from an acute psychiatric admission for active suicidality. He was last seen by his partner appearing grumpy and depress…
Male·gunshot wound to the head, intentionally self-inflicted
WW died on 7 March 2016 at his residential address in Ingleburn, NSW, during a police siege. The coroner found that the death resulted from a gunshot wound to the head that was intentionally self-inflicted. This inquest …
31y · Male·Hanging
…ion about preparations for death was not effectively communicated to treating teams. Complex assessment of acute suicide risk in chronic BPD presents ongoing clinical challenges.
23y · Male·hanging
…vember 2015 after being intercepted by police on 1 November for dangerous erratic driving. He disclosed suicidality to an off-duty detective who videoed the interaction but there is disputed evidence about whether the d…
56y · Female·acute pentobarbitone toxicity
56-year-old woman died from acute pentobarbitone toxicity in her Sydney apartment on 27-28 May 2016. She had a long history of mental health…
42y · Male·unascertained
…-old Aboriginal man with long-standing mental health problems, alcohol and drug dependency, and chronic suicidality, disappeared in November 2006 and is presumed deceased. In the month before disappearance, he presented…
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 …
39y · Female·multiple drug toxicity (etizolam and carisoprodol as major components)
… the dark web, in the context of chronic borderline personality disorder and complex PTSD with lifelong suicidality. She was managed by an intensive community mental health team following a Multi-Agency Response Guide (…
51y · Male·gunshot wound to the chest
… responding to mental health crises, particularly when individuals are at immediate imminent risk and have acute suicidality with intention to provoke lethal confrontation.
61y · Male·Multiple severe crushing injuries sustained when run over by a motor vehicle
…al lessons centre on the assessment of syncope and mental health risk: the GP's documentation noted 'no suicidality' on the day of death despite Mr Cashion's documented history of specific suicidal ideation involving be…
23y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic brain damage due to self-inflicted hanging with intention of t…
…e known drug use and suicide risk), failure to arrange mental health bail conditions despite documented suicidality in custody, and loss of opportunity when Access Mental Health failed to correctly triage a call from he…
41y · Female·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
… psychiatric patient at Bentley Health Service Ward 6 on 16 December 2020. She had been admitted following acute psychotic symptoms with paranoia and suicidal ideation. The coroner found multiple inadequacies in her car…
50y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury in the context of hanging
A 50-year-old man with longstanding depression, anxiety, and ADHD died by hanging after an acute deterioration in mental state. He had previous psychiatric admission in 2012 for suicidality and was under…
30y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (propranolol, duloxetine and codeine)
…ngaged with Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team (CATT) following referral by her private psychiatrist for acute suicidal ideation. Key clinical lessons include: BPD patients may not disclose suicide plans despite appea…
Female·neck compression, as a result of hanging
BJ died on 27 August 2016 between 12:54pm and 1:40pm near Prune Street, Lavington, NSW from hanging. The death was ruled to be intentionally self-inflicted and occurred during a police operation, indicating a mental heal…
45y · Male·drowning and intoxication with methamphetamine and other substances
…d male with long-standing substance use disorder, depression, and anxiety died from drowning combined with acute methamphetamine intoxication. In the weeks before death, he displayed escalating paranoia and delusions, a…
26y · Female·compression of the neck consequent upon hanging
…ry Unit on 24 June 2010 while under involuntary psychiatric admission. She had presented to emergency with acute suicidality on 18 June, attended police station in crisis on 21 June, and was admitted on 21 June via Sect…
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