10 results for “brief psychotic episode”
3y · Female·gunshot wound to the head
A 3-year-old girl was killed by her mother, who was experiencing a severe psychotic episode with suicidal and homicidal ideation. The mother had a history of Brief Psychotic Disorder (diag…
37y · Male·Unascertained (death in custody)
Craig McMillan, 37-year-old male with chronic schizophrenia, died of undetermined cause (death in custody) after being transported by police divisional van to hospital. Despite documented tachycardia from Risperidone, th…
34y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained when she stepped off the ledge of a second-floor win…
…ng an intensive self-development course called 'The Turning Point' (14–18 December), she exhibited acute psychotic symptoms including bizarre behaviour and regression to child-like states. The coroner found expert psych…
36y · Male·Multiple Sharp Force Injuries to Chest and Neck
Mr J, a 36-year-old with a history of first-episode psychosis (2012) and relapse (2014) both associated with methamphetamine use, ceased antipsychotic medica…
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 issues, depression, substance use, and prior self-harm. She had recently obtain…
34y · Male·ligature compression of the neck
…ention and experienced progressive mental health deterioration characterised by depression, anxiety, and psychotic-like symptoms attributed primarily to prolonged detention. Critical failures included: inexperienced con…
36y · Female·head injury
… series of missed opportunities in mental healthcare management. Key failures included: cessation of antipsychotic depot medication in April 2017 without adequate monitoring plan; failure to review historical clinical r…
Multiple stab wounds to chest (David Gerard: stab wound to chest piercing heart;…
Joint inquest into two homicides by individuals with schizophrenia who were managed by mental health services. Anthony Butler stabbed David Gerard in 2001 after being discharged from Glenside Hospital without Community T…
Male·Multiple injuries due to train over-run (suicide by train)
… Liam's suicidal ideation history and absconding attempts because Dr B. (junior doctor) did not adequately brief him, and Dr D. did not read the medical file. Charles Powell (17) was assessed in the ED on 31 July 2006 a…
21y · Male·Acute hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy and pneumonia in a man with recent trauma…
…scharge summaries from the Joondalup Health Campus mental health unit due to system access restrictions. A brief assessment by drug and alcohol nursing staff on discharge day was inadequate—no formal psychiatric review …
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