31y · Female·drowning, deliberately self-inflicted with intention of ending life
Maria Rebekah Wright, a 31-year-old woman with severe borderline personality disorder and chronic suicidality, died by drowning at Howrah Beach, Tasmania on 14 August 2017. She had been discharged from R…
52y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
A 52-year-old man with multiple sclerosis, chronic pain, depression and history of suicidality died from mixed drug toxicity following an intentional overdo…
34y · Female·multiple drug toxicity
Katherine Alexander, a 34-year-old woman with chronic suicidality and complex mental health conditions including bipolar II disorder, borderline personality di…
54y · Male·Unknown - death established on balance of probabilities but manner and cause und…
A 54-year-old man with major depressive disorder, chronic suicidality, and alcohol abuse was discharged from psychiatric hospital on 23 April 2014 while remaining …
18y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
TK, an 18-year-old woman with borderline personality disorder, chronic suicidality, and a history of childhood trauma, died from mixed drug toxicity following intentional overd…
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 …
26y · Female·multiple blunt force injuries from fall from height; significant contributing co…
…care with clear boundaries; cross-sectional risk assessment must consider historical suicide attempts and chronic suicidality; clinicians treating personality disorder patients need close supervision; inadequate records…
Female·Fulminant hepatic failure due to paracetamol toxicity
A 19-year-old female with anorexia nervosa, borderline personality disorder, and chronic suicidality was admitted to St Vincent’s psychiatric inpatient unit on 28 July 2023. She reported ongoing…
42y · Male·unascertained
… a 42-year-old Aboriginal man with long-standing mental health problems, alcohol and drug dependency, and chronic suicidality, disappeared in November 2006 and is presumed deceased. In the month before disappearance, he…
31y · Male·Hanging
…for death was not effectively communicated to treating teams. Complex assessment of acute suicide risk in chronic BPD presents ongoing clinical challenges.
21y · Female·Compression of the neck secondary to hanging
… conditions including CPTSD, anxiety, depression, OCD, and personality disorder traits, with a history of chronic suicidality, self-harm, and a prior suicide attempt. In the early morning of her death, she contacted Lif…
39y · Female·multiple drug toxicity (etizolam and carisoprodol as major components)
… toxicity involving benzodiazepines (etizolam, carisoprodol) sourced from the dark web, in the context of chronic borderline personality disorder and complex PTSD with lifelong suicidality. She was managed by an intensi…
71y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
A 71-year-old man with multiple chronic conditions including obesity, diabetes, heart failure, and chronic pain died from mixed drug toxicity inv…
38y · Male·gunshot wound to the left side of the neck resulting in basal skull fracture, su…
…smania. Mason was intoxicated, had a long history of violent offending and mental health issues including chronic suicidality precipitated by relationship breakdown. Police were called after he assaulted family members,…
56y · Female·acute pentobarbitone toxicity
…entation of discussions with vulnerable patients about substance access; risk assessment in patients with chronic suicidality and recent stressors; examination of medication compliance and side-effects in depression tre…
44y · Male·Multiple blunt force injuries from fall from height
…slide Lookout in the Blue Mountains. He had been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and chronic suicidality. His death highlighted critical gaps in BPD care provision: a seven-month waitlist for dialec…
48y · Male·gunshot wound to chest
…police, but identified Peter's untreated mental health conditions (PTSD, borderline personality disorder, chronic suicidality), substance use, and easy access to a realistic gel blaster as contributing factors. The coro…
36y · Male·Unknown - advanced decomposition precluded determination
…se, or natural causes. Clinical lessons include the challenges of assessing suicide risk in patients with chronic suicidality, importance of follow-up after crisis assessment, and engagement of isolated patients with co…
64y · Male·plastic bag asphyxia
A 64-year-old man with long-standing depression, personality disorder, and chronic pain died by plastic bag asphyxiation in a psychiatric hospital open ward. He had been admitted involunta…
53y · Male·Cervical spine distraction and hanging
A 53-year-old man with chronic treatment-resistant depression and chronic suicidality was admitted to Northern Hospital following a seri…
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