77 results for “chronic substance dependence”
55y · Female·Multiple drug toxicity due to combination of alcohol and benzodiazepines (oxazep…
Carol Anne Kiley, a 55-year-old woman with chronic back pain, depression, and likely alcohol dependence, died from multiple drug toxicity involving alcohol,…
24y · Male·mixed ethanol and prescription drug toxicity
… drug toxicity following an impulsive overdose. He had longstanding borderline personality disorder, polysubstance dependence, chronic suicidal ideation, and was under psychiatric care. After a relationship conflict on …
53y · Male·Acute subdural haemorrhage
…53, died from acute subdural haemorrhage following a fall or head strike on 16 April 2007. He had opiate dependence and was under the influence of drugs at the time of the incident. He fell or stumbled, sustaining facial…
36y · Female·Stab wound to the right chest
…uly 2018 in Cranbourne North, Victoria. Eckersley was prescribed high-dose tramadol (700-800mg daily) for chronic pain over 22 months by his GP without documented substance abuse assessment, despite documented history o…
56y · Female·combined drug toxicity (methadone, diazepam, amitriptyline and mirtazapine); pul…
…d drug toxicity involving methadone, diazepam, amitriptyline, and mirtazapine. She had a long history of substance dependence and had voluntarily ceased methadone treatment five months prior to death. She obtained metha…
31y · Male·Head and chest injury
…t Argyle, Western Australia, on 30 September 2011. He had a longstanding history of mental illness, poly-substance abuse including intravenous amphetamines and heroin, chronic suicidal ideation, and multiple psychiatric…
54y · Male·gunshot wound to the head
WX, a 54-year-old with longstanding depression, substance abuse (opioids, benzodiazepines), and a 2008 suicide attempt, died by gunshot wound on 27 April 2015. De…
35y · Female·combined drug toxicity
A 35-year-old woman with long-standing substance use disorder, depression, and chronic pain died from combined drug toxicity involving methadone, pregaba…
52y · Male·Effects of fire
A 52-year-old man with chronic substance abuse, anxiety, depression, benzodiazepine dependence and hepatitis C died in a deliberately li…
34y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (ethanol, methadone, diazepam and risperidone)
Cassilla Ellen Dooley, a 34-year-old woman with chronic mental illness and substance dependence, died from mixed drug toxicity involving ethanol, methadone, diaz…
22y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (tapentadol, clonazepam, citalopram, amphetamine, olanzapine…
…ired brain injury from a childhood motor vehicle accident, died from mixed drug toxicity involving eight substances including prescribed opioids, benzodiazepines, and unprescribed ketamine. He had a documented substance…
44y · Female·multi-organ failure and polypharmaceutical overdose on a background of severe ch…
…-organ failure and polypharmaceutical overdose on a background of severe COPD. She had a long history of substance abuse, non-compliance with treatment, and hospital presentations with refusal of care. In the months bef…
41y · Male·unknown
…ntact was 17 May 2010 at Swan District Hospital where psychiatric assessment found no acute risks despite chronic substance use and aggression. He had poor medication compliance, escalating drug dependence, and episodes…
59y · Male·Hanging
Terry Grady, a 59-year-old man with a history of alcohol dependence, depression, and chronic pain, died by suicide in custody at Parklea Correctional Facility on 8-9 August…
51y · Female·Unintentional prescription drug poisoning due to central nervous system depressi…
A 51-year-old woman with chronic pain, depression, and longstanding medication misuse died from unintentional prescription drug poisoning.…
42y · Male·mixed prescription drug toxicity (sertraline, amlodipine, lamotrigine, quetiapin…
…, lamotrigine, quetiapine) in a suicide by overdose. He had severe, longstanding bipolar II disorder with chronic suicidality, complicated by alcohol/drug dependence and multiple physical comorbidities. His GP provided …
48y · Male·Cardiomegaly and fatty liver in a man with alcohol intoxication
Steven Karastavrou, a 48-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia, poly-substance abuse (alcohol, cannabis, amphetamines), hypertension, high cholesterol, and diabetes, died suddenly at …
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 resectio…
45y · Male·multi-drug toxicity from ingestion of methadone and amitriptyline
…gesting amitriptyline and methadone in April 2015. He had complex medical and psychiatric comorbidities, substance abuse issues, and was under care of his GP Dr H. for 17 years. Critical clinical lessons include: inadeq…
33y · Male·multi-drug toxicity as a result of misadventure
Adam Hayward, a 33-year-old with borderline personality disorder, poly-substance abuse, and a complex psychiatric history including recurrent suicidal ideation and overdoses, died from …
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