20 results for “auditory command hallucinations”
30y · Male·neck compression
…in Melbourne Assessment Prison on 25 June 2017 from neck compression while on remand. He had a history of command auditory hallucinations instructing self-harm, recent suicide attempts, and polysubstance abuse. Despite …
49y · Male·Gunshot injury to the head
… He had a 15-year history of schizophrenia (paranoid type), major depression, mixed anxiety disorder, and auditory hallucinations, including command hallucinations instructing self-harm. He was treated by Dr W. (GP) and …
72y · Male·Cranial fracture and intracranial haemorrhage from self-inflicted fall
…ward. He was an involuntary patient in the High Dependency Unit experiencing acute psychotic relapse with command hallucinations. Clinical staff were present and responding appropriately to his acute agitation and behav…
21y · Male·Head injury sustained in fall from height
… 1 January 2011. He had been admitted to the psychiatric unit 10 days earlier with paranoid delusions and command hallucinations telling him to commit suicide. Over the first week, his condition improved significantly o…
37y · Male·stab wound to the chest penetrating the heart
A 37-year-old man with schizophrenia and a history of command auditory hallucinations died by self-inflicted stab wound to the chest. Released from psychiatric hospita…
51y · Male·mixed prescription drug toxicity (amisulpride, diazepam and mirtazapine)
…irtazapine) after a deliberate overdose. He had recently presented to hospital with suicidal ideation and auditory hallucinations. After police custody and court appearance, he was released with approximately 5kg of pres…
57y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained by being struck by a freight train
A 57-year-old man with 28-year history of treatment-resistant schizophrenia died by suicide when he absconded from an acute psychiatric unit and stepped in front of a train. Despite comprehensive psychiatric management i…
69y · Male·Blunt head trauma
…al lesson is that early recognition of deteriorating mental health in the community—particularly signs of command hallucinations and paranoid delusions—could have led to earlier intervention. While hospital staff approp…
33y · Female·blunt impact injuries to neck and chest
A 33-year-old woman with depression, anxiety, and emerging psychotic symptoms presented to the ED on two consecutive days (26 and 28 October 2013). Following the first presentation, she was assessed by a psychiatric nurs…
45y · Female·Neck compression secondary to hanging
…aire Louise Carroll, 45, died by hanging while experiencing severe untreated psychotic symptoms including auditory hallucinations, paranoid delusions, and persecutory ideation. She had complex mental health diagnoses (bo…
27y · Male·unascertained; likely death from entering water
…rch 2017, likely after experiencing an acute mental health crisis characterised by paranoid delusions and auditory hallucinations. Multiple clinical and operational failures contributed to his death. The initial ambulanc…
45y · Male·gunshot wound to the chest
…; he had not taken his prescribed antipsychotic medication for at least 33 hours. Despite multiple verbal commands to drop the knife, DP lunged at Sergeant Weston who discharged his firearm as a last resort to protect h…
28y · Male·Acute Dopamine Imbalance Syndrome
A 28-year-old man with first-episode psychosis presented with command auditory hallucinations after a motor vehicle accident. An EEG ordered to exclude organic causes showed v…
35y · Female·neck and chest injuries and drowning due to intentional fall/jump from Tasman Br…
Jana Culic, aged 35, died by suicide jumping from the Tasman Bridge on 4 June 2020 while subject to a Mental Health Act treatment order for schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, and bipolar disorder. She had a …
51y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained from a fall from the top floor of a multi-storey car…
… an inpatient at Royal Perth Hospital (RPH). She had severe treatment-resistant schizoaffective disorder, command hallucinations, liver cirrhosis, and required secure residential care. During a planned gastroenterology …
41y · Male·undetermined
Vaughan Weston Williamson, 41, died at Glenside Hospital while subject to a Level 3 Inpatient Treatment Order for treatment-resistant schizophrenia. Despite post-mortem examination including specialist neuropathological …
gunshot wounds; multiple deaths during police interventions with mentally ill in…
Between October 2003 and February 2006, Queensland police shot and killed four young men suffering from severe mental illness during crisis situations. In all four cases, the shootings were legally justified as the offic…
40y · Male·gunshot wounds
Todd McKenzie, a 40-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, died of gunshot wounds after a nine-hour police siege at his Taree home on 31 July 2019. Todd became acutely psychotic, waving a knife and expressi…
38y · Male·Acute drug toxicity due to clozapine-induced cardiac arrhythmia
A 38-year-old remand prisoner with schizophrenia on clozapine died suddenly in prison from acute drug toxicity (clozapine-induced cardiac arrhythmia). He had been transferred from psychiatric hospital to prison on 20 Jul…
28y · Male·hypoxic brain injury sustained during restraint in the foyer of the Acute Mental…
Lyji Vaggs, a 28-year-old Aboriginal man with schizophrenia, died from hypoxic brain injury sustained during restraint at Townsville Hospital's Acute Mental Health Unit on 13 April 2010. He had declined admission at ED o…
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