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42 results for affective psychosis

VICcommunity2010-05-19

Finding into death of Ali Sultan Zaidi

30y · Male·head and chest injuries sustained in a fall from a height

Ali Sultan Zaidi, a 30-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder, died from head and chest injuries sustained in a fall from height on 24 September 2007. He had…

psychiatryforensic medicinelithium
SAhome2000-03-08

Coroner's Finding: KAPTSIS Michael Vasilious

3y · Male·smothering

A 3-year-old boy died from smothering by his mother, who was suffering from severe bipolar affective disorder with psychotic features and severe depression. The coroner examined whether psychiatric care wa…

psychiatryemergency medicinelithium carbonate
NSW2024-03-13

Inquest into the death of O A

44y · Male·multiple injuries from fall from cliff

A 44-year-old man with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and bipolar affective disorder with drug-induced psychosis died following a fall from a cliff at Vaucluse during a police resc…

rheumatologyallergy and immunologycommunicationsystemoxycodone
TAScommunity2020-11-23

Coroner's Finding: Golding, Laura Rebecca

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 din…

psychiatrygeneral practicesystemdelay
VIChospital2025-07-08

Finding into death of KD

48y · Female·Combined effects of cardiac hypertrophy, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease a…

KD, a 48-year-old woman with chronic schizo-affective disorder, end-stage renal failure, COPD, cardiac hypertrophy and obesity, died from combined natural cau…

psychiatryintensive careolanzapine
SAmental health2016-06-09

Coroner's Finding: FALLON Peter John William

40y · Male·Unascertained; likely cardiac arrhythmia secondary to cardiomegaly and morbid ob…

…ntensive care unit at Queen Elizabeth Hospital on 2 February 2013 of unascertained cause. He had bipolar affective disorder, was on antipsychotic therapy, and presented with acute psychosis. Autopsy revealed morbid obes…

psychiatryintensive carecommunicationsystemrisperdal consta
WAhospital2016-02-05

Inquest into the Death of Pauline Margaret DODD

51y · Female·Ischaemic heart disease

…Gairdner Hospital on 4 March 2014. She was an involuntary psychiatric patient with long-standing bipolar affective disorder, complicated by childhood rheumatic fever causing cardiac valve damage requiring prosthetic rep…

psychiatrycardiologydiagnosticolanzapine
VIChospital2017-12-07

Finding into death of Waisele Qalubau

39y · Male·Complications of large bowel pseudo-obstruction

A 39-year-old man with schizo-affective illness, hepatic cirrhosis, and substance abuse history died from complications of large bowel pseudo-ob…

psychiatrygastroenterologyclozapine
WAcommunity

Inquest into the Death of Dean Anthony POLLARD

41y · Male·unknown

…e had multiple psychiatric admissions between 2002-2010 with diagnoses of paranoid schizophrenia, schizo-affective disorder, and amphetamine-induced psychotic disorder. His last recorded contact was 17 May 2010 at Swan …

psychiatryemergency medicinesystemcommunicationmethamphetamine
VIC2014-08-25

Finding into death of Keiran Bailey

44y · Male·Complications of blunt head injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (cycl…

…ver, who caused the collision, had a documented psychiatric history including schizophrenia, depression, psychosis, and polydrug abuse. Despite psychiatric treatment and psychiatric hospital admissions in 2010, the driv…

psychiatryemergency medicinesystemcommunicationantipsychotic medications
WAcommunity2022-12-12

Inquest into the Death of Lewis Henry Mark WESTON

22y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)

…aged 22, died by suicide on 3 November 2020 while subject to a Community Treatment Order (CTO) for Schizoaffective Disorder. He presented with first-episode psychosis in 2017 and repeatedly refused antipsychotic medicat…

psychiatryemergency medicineolanzapine
WAcommunity

Inquest into the Death of Sarah Jane RUTHERFORD

28y · Female·multiple injuries

Sarah Jane Rutherford, a 28-year-old with bipolar affective disorder and schizophrenia, died by suicide on 27 December 2009 after falling from a bridge onto the Mit…

psychiatryemergency medicinerisperidone
VIChospital2015-05-28

Finding into death of Naomi Charmaine Mahon

33y · Female·multiple injuries sustained when struck by a train

Naomi Mahon, a 33-year-old woman with bipolar affective disorder and substance use issues, died after being struck by a train shortly after absconding from Mona…

psychiatryemergency medicinerisperidone
VICcommunity2022-12-01

Finding into death of Gabriel Messo

30y · Male·Gunshot wounds to the chest

Gabriel Messo, a 30-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder, died from gunshot wounds inflicted by Victoria Police on 16 July 2020 after violently assaulti…

psychiatryemergency medicinecommunicationsystem
QLD2006-04-07

Meech, Paul Andrew

40y · Male·Asphyxia caused by a seizure resulting from severe alcohol intoxication. Underly…

Paul Meech, a 40-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder, died of asphyxia caused by a seizure from severe alcohol intoxication while in police custody …

psychiatryemergency medicinediagnosticcommunicationhaloperidol
WAmental health2016-03-02

Inquest into the Death of Mark Warton BENNETT-ROBERTSON

25y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)

A 25-year-old man with dexamphetamine-induced psychosis died by suicide while an involuntary psychiatric patient. He was transferred from a locked to an open wa…

psychiatryemergency medicinecommunicationdexamphetamine sulphate
WAcommunity2022-06-09

Inquest into the Death of Desmond Edward JACK

33y · Male·Gunshot injury to the anterior trunk (chest and upper abdomen)

Desmond Jack, a 33-year-old with longstanding bipolar affective disorder and psychotic symptoms, died from a single gunshot wound to the anterior trunk after being shot…

psychiatryemergency medicinesystemmirtazapine
WAcommunity2014-12-30

Inquest into the Death of Gyan Murray JEFFERY

31y · Male·Head and chest injury

Gyan Murray Jeffery, age 31, died from head and chest injuries sustained when struck by two motor vehicles on the South Western Highway at Argyle, Western Australia, on 30 September 2011. He had a longstanding history of…

psychiatryemergency medicinemethamphetamine
WA2008-07-07

Inquest into the Death of Kirsty Anne Slater

24y · Female·Ligature compression injury to the neck (hanging)

…reet Clinic where she was an involuntary psychiatric patient. She had been admitted on 3 April 2006 with psychosis secondary to substance abuse. On 10 April, despite a history of two previous abscondings, she was grante…

psychiatryintensive carecommunicationsystemmorphine
TASmental health2026-04-13

Coroner's Finding: de-identified DR

41y · Male·asphyxia due to neck compression following ligature suspension (hanging)

… family violence, homelessness, and financial crisis. In October 2023, he presented with acute mania and psychosis, requiring compulsory psychiatric hospitalization. After three weeks inpatient treatment, he was dischar…

psychiatryemergency medicinediagnosticcommunicationolanzapine

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