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27 results for agitated depression

WAhospital2016-11-16

Inquest into the Death of Shannon Elizabeth MURPHY

33y · Female·Methylamphetamine intoxication leading to agitated delirium and extreme exertion…

…male with a history of methylamphetamine use consumed the drug and became acutely intoxicated, exhibiting agitated delirium and bizarre behaviour searching for her son. She was violently assaulted by residents while atte…

emergency medicinetoxicologymethamphetamine
WAcommunity2025-04-17

Inquest into the Suspected Death of Peter James GUIDERA

58y · Male·unascertained

Peter James Guidera, a 58-year-old man with a history of depression, suicidal ideation, and previous suicide attempts, disappeared on 8 May 1998 from Narrogin, Western Aust…

psychiatrygeneral practiceantidepressant medication
VICmental health2017-02-07

Finding into death of Esther Ng Kit Ching

53y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury due to hanging

A 53-year-old woman with severe depression, anxiety, and recent suicide attempt died by hanging in a psychiatric hospital's low-dependency unit. Sh…

psychiatrycommunicationdelaymirtazapine
SAhospital2018-03-29

Coroner's Finding: BLACK Colin Dean

85y · Male·Pneumonia on a background of end stage Alzheimer's disease

…a on a background of end-stage Alzheimer's disease at Repatriation General Hospital. He was admitted with agitated behaviour requiring mental health detention orders. His clinical course involved progressive decline with…

geriatric medicinepsychiatrymorphine
VICmental health2013-03-13

Finding into death of Adam Justin White

35y · Male·Sudden death during restraint in an agitated obese man with coronary artery athe…

…rankston Hospital psychiatric ward on 26 October 2007. He was found attempting suicide by hanging, became agitated and threatening, leading to a code grey alert. Security staff and AMT members restrained him on the floor…

psychiatryemergency medicinecommunicationproceduralolanzapine
TAScommunity2018-06-12

Coroner's Finding: Osborn, James Lee

62y · Male·drowning

…the Derwent River on 30 June 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 p…

psychiatryemergency medicinesystemcommunicationolanzapine
WAhospital2024-05-06

Inquest into the Death of Devan Beau GINBEY

20y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following ligature compression of the neck (hanging)

Devan Ginbey, a 20-year-old with longstanding mental health issues including depression, psychosis, ADHD, and substance abuse, presented to Peel ED on 12 January 2022 with self-harm and active…

emergency medicinepsychiatrysystemdelay
VICmental health2013-03-13

Finding into death of Justin John Fraser

35y · Male·Sudden death during restraint in an agitated obese man with coronary artery athe…

…d to Frankston Hospital psychiatric unit, was found attempting suicide by hanging and subsequently became agitated. Security and AMT staff physically restrained him after a code grey alert, resulting in his loss of consc…

psychiatryemergency medicinecommunicationsystemolanzapine
VIChospital2021-05-10

Finding into death of Karim Aarras

45y · Male·Blood loss due to multiple self-inflicted incised injuries

…lth issues, chronic pain, and substance use disorder (methamphetamine), presented to police in a severely agitated state following self-harm with a broken bottle. Police attended to apprehend him under Mental Health Act …

psychiatryemergency medicinemethamphetamine
VIC2015-07-08

Finding into death of Roberto Di Bartolo

41y · Male·multiple injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision

Roberto Di Bartolo, a 41-year-old renderer with a history of depression and previous suicidal ideation, died from multiple injuries sustained in a high-speed motor vehicle coll…

forensic medicinealcohol
SA2000-03-02

Coroner's Finding: GRAETZ Anthony Roy

28y · Male·Traumatic brain damage complicating contact .22 calibre gunshot wound to the mid…

…iege at his parents' property in Loxton, South Australia. In the months prior, he had displayed signs of depression, isolation, and increasing agitation following a friend's suicide eight years earlier. On 2 April 1997, …

forensic medicinepsychiatry
WAcommunity2019-11-15

Inquest into the Suspected Death of Brian Anthony DUFFY

52y · Male·Drowning in Falcon Bay

…pass surgery, disappeared into the ocean near his home on 26 February 1993 after becoming intoxicated and agitated following a domestic argument. He was severely limited in mobility and in constant pain despite multiple …

TAScommunity2021-04-20

Coroner's Finding: Young, Jeremy Dean

45y · Male·drowning and intoxication with methamphetamine and other substances

45-year-old male with long-standing substance use disorder, depression, and anxiety died from drowning combined with acute methamphetamine intoxication. In the weeks before de…

pathologyaddiction medicinemethamphetamine
VIC2013-11-28

Finding into death of Darren Robert Baxter

46y · Male·Complications of self-inflicted incised injuries to the neck

…lcohol and illicit drugs (amphetamines, methylamphetamine, cannabis) over several days, he became acutely agitated, self-harmed with multiple implements, and police responded. Police established a cordon, attempted negot…

psychiatryemergency medicineamphetamine
SAhospital2016-09-05

Coroner's Finding: HAZLETT Steven William

63y · Male·respiratory failure due to chronic denervation atrophy due to peripheral neuropa…

…g including a Do Not Resuscitate order. A Mental Health Act order was imposed when he became confused and agitated shortly before death. The coroner found his care and treatment appropriate with attentive monitoring of b…

respiratory medicinepsychiatryhaloperidol
WAhospital2012-06-27

Inquest into the Death of LEE

37y · Male·Respiratory arrest in association with medication drug effect and alcohol intoxi…

…spiratory arrest associated with medication effect and alcohol intoxication. He arrived at the ED heavily agitated after threatening his neighbour with an axe whilst intoxicated. He was appropriately sedated to a calm, d…

emergency medicinepsychiatrymedicationcommunicationchlorpromazine
NSWhospital2020-09-25

Inquest into the death of Gregory MASTERS

52y · Male·Polypharmacy overdose of amitriptyline and doxylamine in the context of underlyi…

A 52-year-old man with chronic facial pain, depression, obesity, cardiovascular disease and obstructive sleep apnoea died following restraint in ICU. He had in…

intensive carepsychiatryamitriptyline
SAcommunity2003-10-29

Coroner's Finding: NICHOLLS Geoffrey Douglas

41y · Male·Shotgun wound to the left side of the chest with laceration of the heart and hae…

…ce during an armed incident at Oodnadatta, South Australia. He had a history of mental illness including depression with suicidal ideation, Bartter's syndrome (causing electrolyte imbalance and weakness), and had recentl…

emergency medicinepsychiatrysystemdelay
NSWmental health2018-09-07

Inquest into the disappearance and suspected death of Christine Joyce Dorothy Young

40y · Female·The medical cause of death was unable to be determined. Manner of death: uninten…

…(3) insufficient observation and management on the unit – she was permitted unescorted leave while highly agitated despite no recent medication; (4) failure to anticipate absconding risk given her documented history of m…

psychiatryemergency medicinediagnosticcommunicationpaliperidone
SAhospital2012-11-15

Coroner's Finding: Butler Mark Andrew

49y · Male·pneumonia, hypoxic brain injury and cardiac arrest

49-year-old male with chronic cannabis dependence and depression developed post-surgical delirium following emergency anterior resection for perforated diverticulum. He …

colorectal surgerypsychiatrydiagnosticmedicationfentanyl

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